A Frenchman who was driving a speedboat involved in a collision that left two dead and one seriously injured in Greece was released on bail, the Greek news agency ANA reported on Monday.
The 44-year-old Frenchman was released on bail of 50,000 euros, with the obligation to go to the Greek consulate closest to his place of residence once a month, decided on Monday the prosecutor of Nafplion (Peloponnese) in charge of the investigation.
Negative alcohol test
Indicted on Sunday for negligent homicide, the Frenchman admitted to having flown a ten-meter speedboat that struck a small wooden boat on Friday night near Porto Heli in the Peloponnese, about 170 km southwest of Paris. Athens. Two Greeks aged 60 and 70 who were aboard the boat were killed in the collision. A Greek sexagenarian was seriously injured and hospitalized in Athens.
The Frenchman, who could not be located for several hours after the accident, had arrived Saturday at the authorities. He assured that he had not seen the fishing boat, whose traffic lights were perhaps insufficient, according to the agency ANA. The alcohol test performed on him was negative, also said Monday the agency ANA. "The first indications are excessive speed of the outboard," Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Yiannis Plakiotakis told IRT television on Saturday.
* The term 'indictment / defendant' no longer exists in French judicial proceedings but is still used in Greece. Europe1.fr has chosen to keep the term used by the local judicial authorities.