An accident left two dead on Avenue des Droits de l'Homme in Orléans on Friday November 15 around 11:30 p.m. The driver of the second car fled the scene and went to the police during the night. He is in police custody.
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Two men in their thirties lost their lives this Friday, November 15, 2024, after a collision in Orléans. It was 11:30 p.m. when the vehicle of the two victims was violently hit by another car, while it was crossing Boulevard des Droits de l'Homme, from rue Nécotin.
Fifteen firefighters and six engines were deployed on site. The SMUR services were only able to note the death of the two men struck. The first elements of the investigation indicate a violent impact, which suggests high speed traffic on the part of the second driver.
“People drive fast here“confirms a local resident at the microphone of France 3 Centre-Val de Loire”on this particular intersection there are always accidents. On the perpendicular street, people tend to turn orange and those on the avenue drive very fast” he continues.
The car first fled, leaving its wreckage behind. He then went to the emergency services during the night where he was taken into police custody. An investigation is thus opened for involuntary manslaughter, hit-and-run and failure to assist a person in danger.
The investigations will have to determine in particular whether this man holds a driving license, is insured, and whether or not he had consumed alcohol or drugs. Several witnesses from the scene are also interviewed as part of this investigation.
A fatal accident which occurs a few days after the death of a 38-year-old woman, mowed down in the Source district, Thursday, November 7 in the evening. The driver also fled, indicate our colleagues from France Bleu Orléans, before reporting himself the next day. The investigation is ongoing and the man has been placed in pre-trial detention.
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