He made his ex-wife get out of her car then deliberately hit her: the 33-year-old victim died of her injuries

Une femme meurt après avoir été percutée volontairement par son ex-compagnon. (illustration) MAXPPP – Patrick Lefevre

Dans la soirée de vendredi 17 mai 2024, à Riedisheim (Haut-Rhin), un homme avait délibérément percuté son ex-compagne en voiture.

Drama in Alsace. A 33-year-old woman died in hospital after being deliberately hit on Friday evening by the vehicle driven by her ex-partner in Riedisheim (Haut-Rhin), we learned on Sunday from the Mulhouse prosecutor's office.

A drunken suspect

Thanks to the rapid intervention of the police alerted by witnesses, the young woman, suffering from multiple trauma, was taken care of by the emergency services and transported to the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, then to the Strasbourg CHRU by helicopter, indicates a police source.

The suspect, arrested in a state of intoxication, had a blood alcohol level of 0.69 mg per liter of exhaled air, adds the same source. Aged 44, he was taken into police custody.

The Mulhouse police station was seized of the investigation. According to the first elements, the man made his partner get out of the car, walked away before returning to hit her. He was already known to the police for violence against a spouse.

A femicide every three days

On average over recent years, a feminicide occurs every three days in France. According to the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti, there were 118 in 2022 and 94 in 2023, a decreasing figure welcomed with caution by feminist associations.