Four days after the serious road accident in Seine-et-Marne that he caused, Pierre Palmade was released from intensive care on Tuesday. However, the 54-year-old comedian, still hospitalized in Kremlin-Bicêtre, should not be placed in police custody immediately, according to our information. Indeed, his condition is only compatible with a hearing of short duration. However, the investigators intend to question him over time. A decision was therefore made not to interview him again at this stage.
Pending his explanations, the police are actively looking for the two passengers, likely to be prosecuted for “failure to assist a person in danger”. Witnesses have indeed reported that two passengers in their twenties who were in his vehicle had fled after the collision. Monday evening, a man contacted the gendarmes of Montdidier (Somme), claiming to be one of the two suspects, before being arrested. However, after verification, his police custody should be lifted, according to our information.
The accident involving Pierre Palmade took place around 7:00 p.m. on Friday on the D372 at Villiers-en-Bière, in the south of Seine-et-Marne. The star’s car, which was driving under the influence of cocaine, collided with another oncoming vehicle.
“Give news of their state of health”
In addition to Pierre Palmade, three people were seriously injured, including a 6-year-old child and a 27-year-old pregnant woman who lost her baby. The vital prognosis of the woman and the child was still engaged on Monday evening, unlike that of the third seriously injured, the father of the child.
The lawyer for these victims and their families, Me Mourad Battikh, is to hold a press conference at his Paris office on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. to, he said, explain “what happened to them” , “give news of their state of health” and say “what they expect from justice”.
The Melun public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for homicide and involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, by driver under the influence of narcotics.