A pedestrian was killed this Wednesday morning in Toulon, hit by a vehicle. A flagrant investigation into attempted murder and murder has been opened.
This Wednesday morning around 5:30 a.m., a pedestrian died after being hit by a car in front of Toulon station (Var). A second man, seriously injured, was treated by the emergency services and transported to hospital according to information from Var Matin. The events allegedly occurred outside a nightclub on Boulevard Pierre Toesca. In total, seventeen firefighters were mobilized for the intervention. A flagrant investigation into attempted murder and murder has been opened.
A 20-year-old man arrested
According to information from Le Parisien, a motorist deliberately drove his car into a group, killing a 38-year-old man. A second pedestrian, aged 33, was seriously injured, and a third was slightly injured. Information confirmed by the public prosecutor of Toulon, Samuel Finielz. A dispute inside the gay nightclub “Boy’s Paradise” is said to be at the origin of the tragedy. For now, the possibility of a homophobic crime has been ruled out, specifies Le Parisien.
If when emergency services arrived, the car that hit the pedestrians was no longer there, the suspect, a 20-year-old man, was quickly arrested in front of his home, located in the town of Six-Fours-les-Plages. according to Le Parisien. A witness at the scene managed to note the license plate of his vehicle after he fled.
Psychological support
The young suspect first tried to drive over a group of pedestrians who managed to get out of the way. After stopping, the driver of the vehicle would have reversed and deliberately hit the same group, “pinning two people under the car” reports Le Parisien. Extremely shocked, three people present on site at the time of the accident were transported to a hospital for psychological treatment.