the custody of the comedian and the first passenger arrested is extended

Pierre Palmade is still facing the investigators. The custody of the comedian, like that of the first passenger arrested, was extended Thursday, February 16, announced Jean-Michel Bourles, the prosecutor of Melun (Seine-et-Marne). The actor is heard at Melun hospital as part of the investigation opened following the serious road accident he caused last Friday under the influence of cocaine. During his first statements, Pierre Palmade said he had very few memories of the accident. He admits having taken drugs, learned franceinfo from a source familiar with the matter.

According to the first elements of the investigation communicated by the prosecutor, the vehicle driven by Pierre Palmade collided head-on with another car for a still undetermined reason, Friday around 7 p.m. near Villiers-en-Bière (Seine-et-Marne ). The actor and the three occupants of the other vehicle, a man, his 6-year-old child and his pregnant sister-in-law, who lost her unborn baby, were seriously injured.

An investigation was opened for homicide and involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, by driver under the influence of narcotics. On Wednesday, two of the three victims of the accident “were still in intensive care”according to their lawyer, Mourad Battikh.