The 32-year-old school marksman at the school was charged with "manslaughter aggravated by two circumstances: drinking and denying priority to the right".

The police officer who caused an accident resulting in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Sens, Yonne, was indicted on Sunday for "aggravated manslaughter" and was placed under judicial supervision, the prosecutor's office said. Meaning. "He was indicted for manslaughter aggravated by two circumstances: the taking of alcohol and the denial of priority right," said AFP Arnaud Laraize, the prosecutor of Sens.

The 32-year-old, a shooting instructor at the city police school, was driving his personal car during the accident. He was placed under judicial supervision, he said. Friday night, the victim was riding a scooter on an avenue of the city when the policeman, coming in the opposite direction behind the wheel of his vehicle, hit him by wanting to turn left.

"He did not seem to have seen it, he did not respect the priority on the right and the scooter was embedded in the car," said then the parquet of Auxerre, which entrusted the investigation at the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Sens. The officer had a positive blood alcohol level of 0.56 mg per liter of exhaled air.