The Minister of the Economy hit a cyclist who had run a red light on Friday evening in Paris. Bruno Le Maire was driving his personal vehicle after leaving the ministry when “he collided at an intersection in the 6th arrondissement, shortly after 7:30 p.m., with a cyclist who had crossed the red light”, explained a source in the minister’s entourage .
The cyclist, hit in the eyebrow and suffering from possible head trauma, was evacuated by firefighters to Cochin hospital, said a police source, according to which the accident took place on rue Bonaparte around 7:40 p.m.
Bruno Le Maire was not injured in the accident, his entourage said. “Like any citizen in such a case, he answered the police’s questions and took an alcohol test on site. He also passed a drug test. And both tests were negative,” the same source further indicated.