The repentance of Pierre Palmade did not convince the victims and their relatives. They said they were “insensitive to the apologies presented”, by the voice of their lawyer Mourad Battikh, during a press conference in Paris on Tuesday evening. They hope that the “notoriety” of the comedian, who was under the influence of cocaine at the time of the accident, will not influence the investigation.
The lawyer said two of the victims, a 38-year-old man and his 6-year-old son, were still in intensive care on Tuesday. The boy has a “fractured jaw” and the father has undergone several operations, according to Me Battikh.
The third seriously injured, a 27-year-old pregnant woman who lost her baby, is “collapsed”, says his lawyer, who indicates that “an emergency cesarean section” was performed. “The child would have been born alive but this remains to be confirmed by the expertise”, he adds.
A man suspected of being one of the two passengers arrested
The accident involving Pierre Palmade took place on Friday around 7 p.m., on the D372 at Villiers-en-Bière, in the south of Seine-et-Marne. The comedian’s car collided with another vehicle coming in front.
In addition, an intrusion took place in the night from Monday to Tuesday in the comedian’s second home, where he was before the accident, said a source close to the investigation.
According to a police source, witnesses reported that two passengers who were in his vehicle had fled after the collision. According to these witnesses, the two passengers were in their twenties. A man, suspected of being one of the two passengers, was arrested on Wednesday morning in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine), we learned on Wednesday from police sources, confirming information from the Parisian and LCI.
A woman who was staying with him was also arrested at his home, according to one of the police sources. The man arrested in Clichy had not denounced himself to the police, added one of these sources.
The Melun public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for homicide and unintentional injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, by driver under the influence of narcotics. The hearing of Pierre Palmade by the investigators will depend on the opinion of the doctors.