“They passed at breakneck speed”: what we know about the occupants of the car that killed a farmer on a dam

Farmers also blocked the southern toll of the A9 motorway on January 22, 2024, near Perpignan (illustrative photo). MAXPPP – Frederic Vennarecci

A fatal accident occurred at a farmers' blockage point in Ariège this Tuesday, January 23, 2024. A farmer died. Her daughter and her husband are in a state of absolute emergency. The occupants of the offending car were taken into police custody.

Early in the morning this Tuesday, January 23, 2024, a woman died at the blockade point of Pamiers, in Ariège, indicated the president of the FNSEA union Arnaud Rousseau on < em>RMC.

"Three of our members suffered a serious accident. A woman has died. Her husband and daughter are in a complicated condition and quickly taken care of by the SAMU", he told our colleagues.

High speed shock

The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. A car drove into the demonstrators according to our colleagues from France 3 Occitanie. "They passed at breakneck speed, on the shoulders of the road, avoiding the concrete blocks", said Sébastien Durand, vice-president of the Fdsea of ​​Ariège, contacted by our colleagues from France 3 Occitanie.

The information was confirmed by the prosecution. The vehicle "hit the straw wall erected by the farmers at high speed. The farmer was with her husband, her 14 year old child, behind a stack of straw, can we read on BFM.

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Four people arrested

Always according to information from France 3 Occitanie, the four people on board the vehicle were arrested on site and placed in custody on sight.

The prosecution is on a qualification "of involuntary manslaughter and involuntary injury", explained the attorney general of the Toulouse Court of Appeal, taken up by Le Parisien. The prosecutor assured that "this qualification may evolve", "depending on the elements that will be collected& ;quot;, cites Le Parisien.