A strong year for the driver of a vehicle in which four young people died in Rohan – Le Figaro

The trial of the young driver implicated in an accident last August in Brittany was held Friday at camera at Vannes. Fourteen young people were mounted aboard a van or.

The tragedy sparked strong emotions there nearly a year. The driver responsible for the accident of Rohan in Brittany, in which four young people were killed on August 1, 2015, was held Friday in Vannes. Ten other young people were injured. The boy, now a major, was convicted of “aggravated homicide and involuntary injuries” to four years in prison with three suspended. According to West France , the sentence of 1 year in prison, however, could be done.

During the trial, the accused, aged 17 at the tragedy and who was facing four years in prison, two farms, one answer to this accident. He was never detained. According to his lawyer, Alexandra Nokovitch, cited by Ouest-France , “he always assumed” such acts. The boy was at the time, accompanied driving in eight months and was found with a BAC of 0.83 g / l, that is to say, above the legal threshold of 0.50 and even 0.20 for young drivers. The analyzes had however shown no drug traces.

The tragedy had occurred on a country road after a very alcoholic birthday party bringing together 15 young people, all minors, on the night of Saturday, August 1 at Tertre in Rohan. The parents of the young man who was receiving were absent and youth should remain sleep there. During the night, between midnight and one o’clock, the owner’s son had settled in the Citroën Berlingo family to chat with a friend. Joined by twelve others, they were all crammed into the vehicle seats five: three in the front seven in the back, four in the trunk.

Young people had not intended to specifically go somewhere. But “all have said they drive,” stated shortly after the tragedy, Yann Le Bris, deputy prosecutor of Vannes floor. After leaving the scene, about five kilometers later, the vehicle was then swerved several barrels before coming to rest in a ditch.

The four young people who died were born in Rohan (1600 inhabitants) and the surrounding area. These three boys and a girl. Maud B. and Quentin L. had 16. Baptiste J. and L. Aurelian had 17.