Gendarmerie vehicle, illustration.
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G. Varela / 20 Minutes
He was driving at excessive speed when he crossed paths with a letter carrier, whom he fatally ran into.
A gendarme was sentenced Friday evening in Le Mans to twelve months suspended sentence for manslaughter, reports France Bleu Maine.
The accident took place last May, in Mulsanne, south of Le Mans.
The victim, a woman in her 50s who was touring in a car, was initially hospitalized with a head trauma but ultimately did not survive.
A seriously injured man
During the hearing, it was recalled that the gendarme was driving at 30 km / h above the authorized speed and had not activated his siren, unlike his beacon.
But that day, it seems that no emergency could have justified this excessive pace.
In the gendarmerie van was also a man in custody, who was seriously injured in the accident, indicates
Le Maine Libre
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In addition to the stay, the court declared an annulment of the gendarme's driving license, which will not be able to retake it for six months.
France Bleu specifies that to date, no sanction by the administration of the gendarmerie has been pronounced.
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