The act of a driver?

A person was taken into custody after the discovery of the body of a 19-year-old young man in a ditch in Sainghin-en-Mélantois, near Lille, in the North.

The investigation is moving towards an accident followed by a hit and run, we learned on Monday from the public ministry of justice.

Discovered by two cyclists

"Saturday morning, two cyclists discovered a body in a ditch in Sainghin-en-Mélantois, on the road leading to Lille, on the edge of a field", indicated the prosecutor of Lille, Carole Etienne, confirming information from

France North Blue

.

"The victim is a 19-year-old young man," said the prosecutor.

The first investigations made it possible to presume a road accident with hit and run.

One person was arrested.

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