After the death of a brigadier from the Le Mans emergency police unit on Thursday in the performance of his duties, the driver of the vehicle was indicted and placed in preventive detention, the prosecution announced on Friday evening. "He was placed under a criminal arrest warrant," according to Le Mans prosecutor Delphine Dewailly.
Already sentenced twice
"The defendant has just been indicted for counts of willful violence having resulted in death without the intention of giving it on a person depositary of the Public Authority and CEA (Driving under the influence of an alcoholic state) in recidivism ", thus indicated the magistrate in a press release. In custody since the facts, the driver, aged 26, "has already been the subject of two convictions, including one for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state and refusal to comply with a summons to stop, committed in 2015, "the Le Mans prosecutor recalled Thursday.
The 43-year-old father of three, the police officer died after being struck by the suspect's vehicle as he tried to flee. The accident occurred Thursday at 3:40 am. The police intervened after a call from the firefighters who had informed them of a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road whose driver had dozed off inside.