Terrace hit in Paris: one dead, six injured, driver profile becomes clearer

The driver, who rushed on a terrace à Paris on Wednesday, wasé arrested and placed on guard &agrav; view. The trail of "the road accident" is privileged.

A car hit several people, Wednesday evening, around 7:30 p.m. while they were on the terrace of the restaurant Le Ramus, located in Paris. at 6 avenue du Père Lachaise, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The provisional results show one dead and six people injured' eacute;es of which three would be in absolute emergency and three others in relative emergency. The mayor of the 20th arrondissement, Eacute;ric Pliez, indicated that "all the injured are customers" from the restaurant.

The driver of the Toyota fled before being arrested. and placed on guard &agrav; view for "manslaughter, unintentional injury by driver and endangerment". The investigation was carried out entrusted to the Judicial Accident Processing Service (STJA). The police searched the vehicle. the car, making sure there were no explosives in it.

An accident under the influence of alcohol and drugs ?

According to Le Figaro, the driver wasé identified as Karamoko S., a young man aged 24. According to a police source from the daily, his vehicle had already été verbalized a few days ago. Investigations are also underway to find out if he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs during the drama.

On Wednesday evening, he had been killed. affirmed that a passenger in the vehicle had been killed. arrested and testing positive for narcotics and alcohol. The public ministry, for its part, ensured that that it was not established that there was a passenger in the car at the time of the tragedy. Gray areas therefore still remain. &eac;clear. 

The trail of "the'road accident" is, in any case, largely privileged, ruling out the terrorist trail. The driver appears to have lost control of his vehicle. A waiter at a cafe neighbor has, in fact, told é that the car had passed "– full speed " and would have "grillé the forbidden meaning" then "goes on". Another witness, a customer of the café, also affirmed  having heard the car "arrivingà background", according to BFMTV. He added that the window of the restaurant then "éshattered"". A psychological cell wasé open à the district town hall to accompany the witnesses of the scene.