The Melun public prosecutor's office requested the referral for trial of actor Pierre Palmade for injuries and involuntary homicide, one year after the serious accident he caused in Seine-et-Marne under the influence of narcotics, the public prosecutor has learned , Monday March 4, Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming information from Le Parisien.
The Melun prosecutor, Jean-Michel Bourlès, did not wish to detail the motivations for the criminal qualifications retained in the final indictment. He requested a referral for trial of the actor, aged 55, but not of the two men who accompanied him in the vehicle.
On February 10, 2023, on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne, Pierre Palmade was driving a car which hit a vehicle coming in front. In addition to the actor, the accident left three seriously injured: a 38-year-old man, his 6-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost the baby she was expecting.
The baby died before birth
A medical expert concluded that the baby carried by the pregnant passenger – who underwent a cesarean section following the accident – had died before birth and could therefore not be legally considered a person. The criminal classification is likely to be reduced only to involuntary injuries when sent to trial.
Having suffered from drug addiction problems for decades, Pierre Palmade had just spent three days using drugs, without sleeping, when he took the wheel with two passengers to go shopping.
