On November 12, 2020, a motorcyclist lost his life in a traffic accident on the national 21 near Bergerac. The driver of the car, a Bergerac man in his fifties, was tried yesterday in Bergerac court for manslaughter.
The motorcyclist was traveling at nearly 90 km / h
“A driving fault that could have been benign and which turns out to be fatal“. It is with these words that the prosecutor described the tragedy in her indictment. This Friday morning, the two men leave for work. The weather is fine. The motorist is about to turn left on the RN 21 between Bergerac and Agen. Pulling over to an escape route. That’s when he hit the 38-year-old biker.
At the helm, the driver of the car explains: “I did not see anything“. The experts believe that he swerved just before turning. The biker was traveling at 88 km / h on a road limited to 90 km / h. He was surprised because no signs of braking were noted. And the shock was very violent.The motorcyclist was thrown nearly 20 meters.
The victim is the father of a two-year-old girl.
Here, no alcohol or drugs. But a simple mistake of fatal inattention. Just before the court retired, the motorist apologized to the family. The biker’s companion sobs. And his father closes his eyes. The victim was an only child. And father of a two-year-old girl.
The motorist was sentenced to a 6-month suspended prison sentence, 10-month license suspension and to complete a road safety awareness course.