The La Rochelle public prosecutor’s office announced this Thursday that the 10-year-old girl hospitalized in Tours, after the accident on Wednesday between a car and a group of cyclists, was declared “brain dead by the medical profession.” »
Regarding the other injured children, “a 10-year-old child in absolute emergency is still hospitalized in serious condition in Poitiers. Another 9-year-old child initially hospitalized in La Rochelle in a relative emergency was transferred to Poitiers for observation. An 11-year-old child hospitalized in La Rochelle in an absolute emergency is experiencing positive developments in her state of health. »
A 9-year-old child operated on Thursday morning
A fifth and final 9-year-old child in relative emergency “was operated on this morning in La Rochelle but is in stable condition. » The last two physically injured children were released from the hospital yesterday.
Wednesday morning around 10 a.m., an 83-year-old motorist mowed down a group of cyclists made up of twelve children, in the center of La Rochelle. While the group of cyclists were traveling on the right up the avenue, the Renault Twingo vehicle driven by the octogenarian, traveling in the opposite direction, “suddenly veered to the left, for no apparent reason” indicates the prosecution. Arriving against the flow of traffic, “he hit the cyclists in a head-on collision. »
The flagrant investigation initially opened for involuntary injuries by the driver of a vehicle was extended to the classification of involuntary homicide by the driver of a land motor vehicle. The accused is currently still interned in a specialized unit and has not been able to be heard.