• A 26-year-old Azurean is in prison after the death of a young man, found dead next to a scooter on Sunday, along a road in Villeneuve-Loubet.

  • Arrested Tuesday in the neighboring town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, this motorist, already convicted of driving while having used narcotics, was placed in pre-trial detention, in accordance with the requisitions.

  • The individual, suspected of having knocked down the victim and having abandoned him to his fate, did not recognize the facts and claimed to have “hit an animal”.

A 26-year-old Azurean is in prison after the death of a young man, found dead next to a scooter, on Sunday, along a road in Villeneuve-Loubet (Alpes-Maritimes).

Arrested Tuesday in the neighboring town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, this motorist, already convicted of driving while having used narcotics, was presented Thursday to an investigating judge.

And, in accordance with the requisitions, he has just been remanded in custody,

the Grasse prosecution confirmed to

20 Minutes .

The individual is suspected of having knocked down the victim and having left him to his fate.

A judicial investigation was opened for "manslaughter by driver of a land motor vehicle in a state of intoxication and with hit-and-run" and "non-assistance to a person in danger".

In police custody, the suspect did not recognize the facts and claimed "to have hit an animal", specifies the prosecutor of the Republic of Grasse in a press release.

Confused thanks to the analyzes of an expert in accidentology

The body of the victim, a 19-year-old Guinean according to the prosecution, was discovered Sunday at midday on a shoulder of departmental 6007. also the prosecutor.

The respondent could have been confused thanks to the analyzes of an expert in accidentology who managed to identify the model of vehicle involved.

He faces up to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros for "manslaughter" with aggravating circumstances and up to 5 years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for "failure to assist a person in danger". .

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