An investigation was opened, this Sunday, November 21, to manslaughter and hit and run after the fatal accident last night in Viry in Haute-Savoie.
At around 1 a.m., a 23-year-old motorcyclist lost his life, hit by a car on the RD 1206, between Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Viry. The driver fled on foot. The gendarmes mobilized a dog team last night but it didn’t work.
Personal effects and blood found in the car
The gendarmes found personal effects in the car that the man abandoned, they hope they belong to the fugitive. Traces of blood are also present in this vehicle, the driver would have been injured during the impact. The gendarmerie, which has contacted all the nearby hospitals, ensures that everything is done to find this motorist who caused this fatal accident last night.
He overtakes while crossing a white line and hits the motorcycle
Sunday, in the middle of the night, while a thick fog was present, this motorist crossed a white line to overtake a vehicle. According to the first elements of the investigation, he then struck head-on the motorcycle which was coming in front of him, which was rolling in the opposite direction. An extremely violent frontal impact. The 23-year-old biker is dead. His body was thrown 150 meters from the impact.
A witness to the accident was notably heard this Sunday by the gendarmes. He explains having crossed the fugitive and assures that he smelled of alcohol.
This Sunday, the older sister of the victim, appealed for help on social networks. She asks all those who have information to contact the gendarmerie as soon as possible. The gendarmes of the company of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois are in charge of this investigation.