A school bus accident killed a 15-year-old teenager and injured 26 other people on Thursday, January 30, near Châteaudun, in Eure-et-Loir. The exams confirmed that the driver, placed in police custody, was positive for drugs when he was driving.
An accident on the road left a dead this Thursday, January 30. A school coach carrying 35 middle and high school students found himself lying on the track of the D927, near Châteaudun, in Eure-et-Loir. According to the latest, still provisional assessment, a 15 -year -old teenager was killed in the accident and 24 minors were slightly injured. Two other children in “relative emergency” were hospitalized. Among the injured, “no vital prognosis” is engaged according to the prefecture.
The circumstances of the accident are still vague, but the school bus is the only vehicle involved in the drama, according to the prefecture. While an investigation was opened for “unintentional homicides and injuries” by the Chartres prosecutor’s office to determine the causes of the accident, the driver of the school bus was placed in police custody.
What do we know about the driver?
The 26 -year -old man is from the department and unknown to justice, according to the description of the prosecution. He is particularly appreciated by the young people he transports, but his conduct is described as abrupt and rapid by the students he was carrying. It was tested positive for narcotics by a salivary test carried out after the accident. A confirmed result, Friday, January 31, on Friday, by a blood analysis. According to the prosecution, he consumed cannabis before taking the wheel. This is an aggravating circumstance for the driver.
In addition, the boss of the company which employs the driver assured, at the microphone of Bfmtvthat the latter had been subjected several times to an anti -Drogue test in recent years: “This driver in particular has been checked each year in the past four years and each time negative tests.” He said that these controls are randomly done at All employees of the company, whether in terms of alcohol or drugs. Information of Rtl comes to make this positivity possible to drugs. Indeed narcotic products were found at the individual’s home during a search.
How did the accident go?
Heard by the investigators, the driver of the coach said “having crossed a vehicle circulating too close to the separator line, having wanted to avoid it, and having found himself in the ditch,” said the prosecutor of the Republic of Chartres, Frédéric Chevallier.
The emergency services went on site with six vehicles and around forty firefighters. An advanced medical position was deployed in a rescue center located near the accident “to take charge of the victims, with the SAMU”. The prefecture adds that a medico-psychological emergency unit has also been activated to come “in support of victims and their loved ones”. The emotion is very strong in high school where the young deceased came.
Latest updates
13:39 – What the driver said about drug use
During his police custody, the driver of the accidental coach recognized the consumption of drugs, in particular cannabis, but he assured that it was a “passive contamination” and that he would not have consumed drugs since last December “. The suspect added that “his partner who consumes regularly could be the cause of this result”, thus evoking passive consumption. The prosecution also specified that the driver “reserved the right to request a counter expertise”.
13:31 – A quantity of cannabis greater than that of a “passive consumption”
“The result of blood analyzes, known at the very end of the morning, makes it possible to determine that the bus driver had consumed cannabis resin before the accident since it is detected a presence of this product with a threshold greater than 0 , 5 nanograms, this quantity cannot correspond with a so-called passive consumption, “said Republic prosecutor Frédéric Chevallier about the driver of the accident at Eure-et-Loir.
13:03 – The driver had consumed cannabis
The prosecution announced that the driver of the bus had consumed cannabis before taking the wheel. The first salivary analyzes revealed the presence of drugs in his organization. Analyzes that have been completed by a blood test.
12:14 – Antidrogue checks soon possible in companies?
Antidrogue controls already exist in a company, but the controlled employee must give his employer for his employer. The coach accident that caused a 15 -year -old teenager to death raises the question of drug and business drug screening. The Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot assures that these controls could be put in place, on the same model as alcohol tests, “in the coming months”.
10:48 – appreciated by students, but with sudden and fast driving
The 26 -year -old driver was described as being particularly appreciated by the students he was carrying. On the other hand, his driving was known to be fast and abrupt. Julia, a 18 -year -old high school student who had friends in the bus, confided in Rtl : “Most of my friends who knew the driver said that it was not surprising (…) They knew he was dangerous and that one day there would be an accident with him.”
10:35 – Additional analyzes are expected
The saliva test of the coach driver turned out to be positive. But additional analyzes have been requested. Indeed, a simple salivary test can be distorted by taking certain drugs, which would not have altered the concentration of the driver. A blood test has been requested and the analyzes are underway.
10:25 – The driver controlled negative to drugs over the past four years
The owner of the transport company, which employs the school bus driver said that the latter had been regularly subject to anti -Drogue checks in recent years. As he entrusted to Bfmtvthese drugs and blood alcohol levels are randomly carried out on all employees of the company. According to him, “this driver in particular has been checked each year over the past four years and each time negative tests”.