Three cyclists were hit by a van this Tuesday, January 14. The driver was placed under arrest warrant this Thursday, January 16, after spending 48 hours in police custody.
A motorist who hit several cyclists in Rouen on Tuesday January 14, killing one of them, was indicted for “murder, attempted murder, aggravated refusal to comply and damage to the property of others”, said namely Thursday January 16 the Rouen prosecutor.
The driver, born in 1977, was placed under arrest warrant, Sébastien Gallois said in a press release.
This woman hit three cyclists in the city center of Rouen on Tuesday and then fled, before being arrested in Buchy, around thirty kilometers away. A young woman, born in 1996, died shortly after the incident, while the two others were injured.
“She related the facts to a deep psychological malaise, the cause of which she attributes to an old dispute with her employer,” recalled the prosecutor. “An initial psychiatric assessment concluded that there was criminal liability, but with an impairment of discernment during the events,” he said.
Eight other people filed complaints
Four category C weapons (firearms requiring a permit) or D (which can be purchased and possessed freely under conditions, for example tear gas bomb or collector’s weapon) were found in the van of the forty-year-old.
These weapons “had been purchased following an attack of which the accused was allegedly the victim four years ago, and kept since then”, said Sébastien Gallois. For these facts, the driver was summoned for an appearance on prior admission of guilt, called to plead guilty.
In addition, the driver committed “numerous traffic violations committed during the pursuit”, leading eight other people, without being injured, to file complaints.
