A father was killed by a driver, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, in Harnes, in Pas-de-Calais. This man in his fifties was fatally struck by the driver of a van. The latter then fled. According to Europe 1, the suspect was arrested and taken into police custody at the end of the morning, at his workplace. He is a 62-year-old truck driver.
At around 4:30 a.m., the victim, a father in his 50s, and his 18-year-old son, took to the street as a pickup truck crashed into parked cars, a source reported. policewoman.
The shocked victim's son
He then tried to get the driver out of his vehicle but was dragged several meters and then was run over, added this source, specifying that the author was on the run.
When help arrived, "the victim was in cardiopulmonary arrest" and "despite the care provided", she "was declared dead", indicated the Departmental Fire and Rescue Operational Center (Codis). Her 18-year-old son, present at the time of the accident, was "shocked".
The truck driver reportedly told investigators that he hadn't noticed anything, still according to Europe 1.
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