Death of Antoine Alléno: the emotion of Yannick Alléno at the trial of the driver who killed his son

Published on November 1, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.

On May 8, 2022, Yannick Alléno lost his son, Antoine. The young man was hit by a man driving a stolen car, drunk and without a license. The driver's trial opened this Thursday, October 31 in Paris. Indicted for involuntary manslaughter with at least two aggravating circumstances, unintentional injury and violent theft, he faces ten years of imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros. While he was present, Yannick Alléno gave a moving testimony about the tragedy: “I returned late that evening from a trip. Since that day I tell myself that I should never have been here, Antoine should be in his restaurant. I find myself faced with the unacceptable, the intolerable,” he confided at the bar as reported on X by Noémie Shulz, senior police-justice reporter at “FranceTv”.

While he quickly got there, the chief was confronted with a tragedy: “I had a message from my other son, I went there, I saw a scene of chaos,” he said. he explained. And to continue: “My son under a blanket, I recognized his striped socks. I also saw these liters of his blood on the ground. […] It was like an attack scene. I lay on my son, I screamed.” Yannick Alléno says he “saw the worst”, “his child behind a glass at the forensic institute”. “There are no words when you lose your son or daughter,” he lamented. The leader then recalled that in 2023, a little more than 600 young people “often left in these circumstances close to Antoine”.

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“I arrived, I saw a white sheet”

During the hearing, the mother of Antoine Alléno who is trying to “hold on” also spoke. Thus, she spoke of a “struggle every morning to get up, because she lost everything on May 8.” “It was an earthquake, a catastrophe. We always fear for our children, but we never imagine the worst,” she said. And to conclude: “I arrived, I saw a white sheet, I heard the cries of Yannick who was screaming. Today I still wonder if I'm not going to wake up, if it wasn't a nightmare. Unfortunately this is the reality.”