Rivière-Noire accident: the alcohol lever in driver’s blood was exceed than permitted in three times

Accident at Rivière-Noire, Sunday, March 6, was caused not only by the 4x4 honked behind car which has diverted from its route. Alcohol was plaid its role also. Over 150 mg of alcohol, three times height than the legal rate permissible, were detected in the blood of the driver of the Peugeot 307 which swerved on the bottom side of the road from Rivière-Noire, in the post- noon Sunday, March 6, killing him instantly, and his 10 months son and his cousin.

These results of blood tests performed on the body of Paul Arnaud, 33, and his cousin, Nicolas Hans, 23, fell on the weekend. The report of the forensic, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), revealed that both were under the influence, with the same amount of alcohol in the blood when they perished in the accident.

This investigation confirms the that Arnaud Paul had been drinking, taking the wheel, a crate of beer was found by police in the debris of the 307 when it was removed from the road. Besides, this time investigators need to determine if a 4x4 was behind the car when it switchbacks up the hill at Bois-Puant.

The accident happened this Sunday, March 6, around 17 hours.

The funerals of three victims were held Thursday. The two survivors in that drama both have been transferred from Victoria Hospital to a private clinic in Apollo-Bramwell.