The Bordeaux prosecutor’s office on Monday confirmed the opening of a judicial investigation after the death of a couple of women on Saturday, killed by a car that got embedded in their bedroom in Gujan-Mestras, near Arcachon ( Gironde).
“A judicial investigation was opened today on the count of manslaughter by driver under the influence of an alcoholic state and driving at an excessive speed in view of the circumstances,” the prosecution said on Monday.
Alcohol level of 0.61 mg / l of exhaled air, i.e. 1.22 g / liter of blood
The prosecution also requested a remand in custody against the driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old man on probationary license, who had a blood alcohol level of 0.61 mg / l of exhaled air, or 1.22 g / liter of blood, shortly after the drama.
At around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, his car – a Toyota Corolla SUV belonging to his father – first crashed into a wooden pylon, before smashing down the perimeter wall and then the wall of a residential house, crushing two 46-year-old women. and 48 years old, “asleep in their bed”, details the floor. An 11-year-old child, the daughter of one of the two victims, was in another room of the house at the time of the accident and was not injured. She has been entrusted to her second mother since, according to the same source.
The two young people were coming out of a bar
According to the gendarmerie, the drama took place at a T-intersection, indicating that the driver could have lost control and made a “straight ahead” before entering the house facing the intersection.
The passenger in the vehicle, a 16-year-old minor, told investigators that they were leaving a bar in the town of La Teste a few kilometers away, shortly before the accident, added the prosecution.