In Rennes, the hunter who shot a motorist under investigation – The HuffPost

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JUSTICE – A 69-year-old hunter was indicted on Monday, November 1 for “unintentional injuries” after having seriously injured by gunshot on Saturday a motorist driving between Reindeer and Nantes, announced the prosecution.

The hunter is “indicted on the count of unintentional injuries during a hunting action by manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence and endangering the lives of others”, according to the press release of the public prosecutor’s office. Rennes.

He was placed under judicial control with in particular “prohibition to carry a weapon (…), to participate in any hunting action (…), communication with any member of the Ille-et-Vilaine hunting federation ”as well as“ with any participant in the hunting action in question ”, the press release said.

Vital prognosis “seriously engaged”

The hunter had been taken into custody a few hours after the accident which occurred on Saturday between Laillé and Orgères (Ille-et-Vilaine) while the driver and a passenger were traveling on the four-lane road between Rennes and Nantes. A 9.3 mm caliber bullet hit the vehicle, seriously injuring the driver in the neck.

The injured, 67 years old, had been transported to Rennes University Hospital in critical condition. His vital prognosis remained “seriously engaged” on Sunday evening, according to the prosecution, which did not specify Monday how the victim’s state of health has evolved since then.

This new accident comes after EELV presidential candidate Yannick Jadot said on Friday he wanted ban hunting on weekends and during school holidays.

He justified his proposal by evoking the many hunting accidents affecting individuals, taking the example the day before of a “walker in Haute-Savoie, who was shot next to a cemetery”.

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