Floreal: Hit By Truck, Motorcyclist Died Instantly

10 years ago - 7 March 2014, lexpress.mu
Floreal: Hit By Truck, Motorcyclist Died Instantly
Accident happened around 11.50 this Friday, March 7. François Motet, sixty-years-old, was on the Sivananda road near the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius, Curepipe. And he was hit by a truck. The victim died on the spot.

Shortly after, the police and emergency services were summoned to the scene. But they could only note the death of sixty. His body was taken to the morgue at Victoria Hospital in Candos. An autopsy should be performed shortly.

As the driver of the truck, a 34 year old Bangladeshi and Black Rocks resident was tested for alcohol. It was negative.

The victim, François Motet, was arrested and released last year. He was accused of being one of the main suspects in a case of alleged child prostitution. He had been implicated by a 15 year old girl for having sex with her at least fifteen times. And a 14 year old girl, she had said that the sixties had given Rs 2000 for his "services".

Floreal police opened an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.