The driver, who overthrew a young cyclist and fled, finally surrendered

The call for witnesses, broadcast the day after the accident by the police, no doubt prompted him to surrender. On Sunday night, a 39-year-old driver was taken into custody at
Lyon after coming to the police station.

The young woman told investigators to be the driver of the vehicle that had fled Saturday night after violently hit a cyclist Boulevard Stalingrad, in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, said Monday the police in Lyon.

Presented to the prosecutor

The motorist had fled, without helping the 19-year-old cyclist lying on the ground. The young man, seriously injured, had been hospitalized in a state of absolute urgency. The victim suffered a temporary work disability of 100 days.

The driver must be presented to the prosecutor's office on Tuesday, according to the departmental direction of the public security of the Rhone, with a view to a probable indictment.