Overview

• On July 20, three-year-old Omar was struck by a garbage truck at a pedestrian crossing in Paris’s 12th arrondissement and died later that evening.
• Paris prosecutors charged the near-retirement driver on July 23 with homicide routier and deliberate breaches of safety obligations under France’s new road-death statute.
• Toxicology screenings found no alcohol or narcotics in the driver’s system, shifting investigative focus to potential inattention or safety lapses.
• Omar’s aunt, who was accompanying him, sustained minor injuries and is officially cited in the inquiry on road injuries.
• A formal judicial inquiry led by the STJA and an investigating judge has begun multiple expert assessments to examine vehicle operation and driver conduct.