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After the shock, the 15-year-old teenager was initially transported to hospital with a life-threatening prognosis, then he died. His cousin, who was with him at the time of the incident, tells her version of the events.
“He hit it at over 70 km/h.” A man is in police custody as part of an investigation into manslaughter aggravated by a hit-and-run after the death of a teenager hit by a car during New Year's Eve in Strasbourg. The man, suspected of having driven the vehicle which hit Rayan, 15, in the sensitive district of the Cité de l'Ill, had surrendered to the authorities the day before.
“My cousin fluttered”
The victim's cousin, present at the scene at the time of the incident, testified about RMC. After dropping the teenager off in the car, she said that a driver hit her while overtaking her: “He hit her at more than 70 km/h. My cousin spun. The driver of the other car did not even try to brake after the impact he continued to accelerate,” she recalled to our colleagues. “I was on the right, the driver passed me on the left. They were two men, a driver and a passenger.”
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“He was 15 years old, he had no problems with anyone. He wanted to work in the restaurant business,” confided the cousin of young Rayan who is now waiting for justice to be done. The suspect is 19 years old and has no criminal record.
Reaction from the mayor of Strasbourg
“All light must be shed on the circumstances of this tragedy, and every effort must be made to find its author,” assured the mayor of Strasbourg Jeanne Barseghian in a press release while sending her condolences to the family of young Rayan.
