A car, whose occupants were arrested, hit several people on Sunday, August 27, near a nightclub in the Vosges, killing one and injuring several, we learned from concordant sources.
The tragedy occurred shortly before 6 a.m., in Charmes, a town located about thirty kilometers north of Epinal, according to the departmental operational center for fire and rescue (Codis) of the Vosges.
According to initial information from Codis, the car mowed down “two groups of people coming out of a nightclub” and walking along a road.
“A precise census” of the wounded “is in progress in connection with the testimonies”, explained to Agence France-Presse the public prosecutor of Epinal, Frédéric Nahon, according to whom there are “more than twenty of witnesses to be heard”. After fleeing, the occupants of the car were “arrested in the morning”, according to the magistrate.
They would be “three” in number and were placed in police custody, announced Carole Dabrigeon, sub-prefect of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, who ensures the permanence of the Vosges prefecture this weekend. According to the regional daily Vosges Matin, the car, a utility, had been abandoned near a supermarket.
According to France Bleu Sud Lorraine, 26 people were on site at the time of the tragedy. “Between 20 and 30 people are in shock,” Ms. Dabrigeon said, adding that the victims are between 18 and 25 years old. A medico-psychological cell was opened in Charmes.
