In the night from Saturday to Sunday, around 1:30 am, a 40-year-old man who was riding a scooter was struck by a motorist on the Mathis road in Nice, who then fled.
According to information from
Nice-Matin
, confirmed by the County Operational Center Fire and rescue the Alpes-Maritimes to
20
minutes
, the two-wheeler driver was pronounced dead at around 2 pm "after resuscitation attempts doctors on site ”.
"Given the state of the scooter, the shock was very very violent," said a volunteer firefighter and first aid to the local daily.
The person driving the car was arrested at his home and taken into police custody.
The accident was filmed by the cameras of the Urban Supervision Center, the newspaper said, which made it possible to quickly find the vehicle involved.
The owner, a 36-year-old woman, faces a ten-year prison sentence for aggravated manslaughter and hit-and-run.
His blood alcohol level was positive.
The speed on the Mathis track is limited to 70 km / h but without automatic control on the south road, "some users take advantage of this, especially at night, to frequently exceed 100 km / h", recalls
Nice-Matin
.
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