A terrible drama. On Monday April 10, 2023, a family was returning from a birthday party by car when it was hit head-on by a car that had just overtaken departmental road 769 at Faouët, in Morbihan. The frontal impact claimed the lives of a 40-year-old man and woman and their 5-year-old daughter, all from the Traveler community. This Wednesday, June 14, the Lorient Criminal Court will have to judge the 35-year-old man who was driving the offending vehicle.
Seriously injured, he had been hospitalized before being placed in police custody. According to the investigators, the individual “had an invalidated license, was not insured, was alcoholic and possibly also under the influence of toxic substances”, indicated Stéphane Kellenberger, public prosecutor of Lorient. The defendant was remanded in custody.
The hearing should take place in the presence of many people from the Traveler community. During the funeral, hundreds of people had gathered to pay homage to the family who had settled in Ploemeur. According to West France, a thousand people are expected in Lorient this Wednesday. Access to the courtroom was limited to 25 people, specifies the daily, which adds that a nearby square has been set up to accommodate the relatives of the victims. Police reinforcements were called in.