Driver Strépy (34) remains detained: “It was certainly not a deliberate act”

“He is a broken man, in shock, with only fragmentary memories.” So says the lawyer of Paolo F. (34), who was behind the wheel of the car that hit a group of carnivalists in Strépy-Bracquegnies on Sunday morning. The investigating judge decided to arrest Paolo F. for involuntary assault and battery with fatal outcome, his nephew and passenger Nino N. (32) is free under conditions but also risks a prison sentence of one year.

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