Man deliberately runs over ex-wife's partner and kills him: he is quickly arrested after trying to escape

The latter was arrested and taken into custody on Saturday evening (illustration). Independant – BOYER Claude

A man was taken into custody, suspected of deliberately hitting his ex-wife's partner with a car, who died on Saturday in Cappelle-la-Grande (North), AFP learned on Sunday.

A man was taken into custody, suspected of deliberately hitting his ex-wife's partner with a car, who died on Saturday in Cappelle-la-Grande (North), AFP learned on Sunday from the Dunkirk prosecutor's office and a police source.

Saturday around 8:45 p.m., “a 43-year-old man died”after being deliberately hit by a motorist” according to the first elements reported by the police source.

Confirming a death “following “from a collision with a car” , the prosecutor of Dunkirk, Charlotte Huet, specifies that “the victim is the new companion of the ;rsquo;ex-wife of the driver", also aged 43.

Arrested after having fled

The latter was arrested and taken into custody on Saturday evening, added the prosecutor. He “fled but was quickly arrested in front of his home”, the police source said.

The Dunkirk public prosecutor's office has announced that it has opened a murder investigation, which has been entrusted to the Dunkirk national police district.