Overview
- In Cannes, a 4x4 struck a 35-year-old mother and two girls while they unloaded a parked car on boulevard Carnot, leaving the mother in life-threatening condition and the 14-year-old facing possible amputation.
- The 22-year-old driver fled, crashed onto a central reservation, was detained by the BAC, and remains in custody as toxicology tests proceed under an inquiry opened by the Grasse prosecutor.
- In Nice, a 24-year-old drove for several kilometers against traffic and through red lights before colliding with a vehicle driven by port commander Jean-Pierre Manoni, who avoided serious injury.
- Helmet-camera footage from a motorcyclist documented the Nice driver’s “particularly dangerous” conduct, leading to a sentence of 12 months suspended, two years’ probation, mandated care, victim compensation, and a one-year driving licence ban.
- Police and local officials report 37 road deaths this year in the department, describing a worsening pattern of delinquent driving and hit-and-run offenses.