A scooter driver upset by a remark in Montpellier ? He collides with a pedestrian violently, the man is seriously injured

Un partage de l’espace public qui devient de plus en plus tendu. Midi Libre – JEAN-MICHEL MART

A pedestrian was seriously injured during the night of Saturday to Sunday June 9, 2024 near rue Pitot, in Montpellier. He was allegedly hit violently by a scooter whose driver did not like a remark made as he passed by.

A man was violently hit by a scooter, during the night of Saturday to Sunday, June 9, 2024, around 12 a.m.  45 rue Pitot, in Montpellier. According to the first elements of the investigation, it seems that the driver of the vehicle turned around and deliberately hit the pedestrian after the latter made a remark while he was moving. on the sidewalk.

Violent shock

The shock was sufficiently violent for the victim's vital prognosis to be compromised in the first moments, which is no longer the case this Sunday morning.

Police custody

The driver of the scooter, aged 21, was taken into police custody.

This serious accident once again raises the question of the sometimes tense coexistence between pedestrians and users of new mobile vehicles.