Saturday evening, around 10:15 p.m., a motorist mowed down a group of four pedestrians, on vacation in a nearby campsite, including a 55-year-old woman who succumbed to her injuries.

Two other victims were slightly injured and the fourth was unharmed.

The driver had fled after the accident and was actively sought by the gendarmes.

He went on Monday evening confirms the Gironde gendarmerie with

20 Minutes

this Thursday.

The latter had launched an appeal for witnesses. 

The vehicle, a dark-colored Mercedes Vito van, had lost its right-hand mirror at the scene of the accident and the light unit had been broken.

The driver of the van was placed under arrest warrant and imprisoned in the Gradignan prison.

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