Two young high school girls aged 15 and 16 were killed in March 2014. They were struck by a truck while they were traveling aboard a school transport shuttle.
It is this Tuesday, July 6, that the trial of the fatal accident which took the life in March 2014 to two teenagers of 15 and 16 years, Julia and Héléna in Pourrières in the Var, opens in the Criminal Court of Draguignan.
Julia Brun’s family at Draguignan criminal court this Tuesday
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Recall of facts
This March 27, 2014 around 5:45 pm, at the crossroads between the N7 and the path of the almonds, a truck and a school minibus coming back from the high school of Saint-Maximin collide. Inside, Julia Brun and Héléna Balikikian-Petrucci are killed instantly. Five other wounded are to be deplored.
Fatal accident on the RDN7 at Pourrières (Var) – March 27, 2014
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© Franck Muller/MAXPPP
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The trial
Three defendants are appearing today. Anthony Roccasalva, the 28-year-old school minibus driver, was under the influence of drugs. Gwénael Colas, was driving the truck which hit the minibus. He says he is very marked by the event. He had to be hospitalized in psychiatry for 3 months.
He even had elements relating to the accident tattooed on his body, such as a broken clock. This Tuesday morning, before the magistrates, the 31-year-old man admitted to having driven too fast. 90km / h instead of the 80km / h authorized on the section of road concerned.
Today, he still has trouble explaining his gesture.
Finally, the Bourlin transport company, delegatee of the school transport market in Pourrières, is being sued for not having respected the route defined by the contract which binds it to the Var department. The type of vehicle used that day was also not compliant.
The requisitions are expected this afternoon. The judgment will be reserved at a later date.
Draguignan Correctional Court
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© Jean-François Giorgetti / FTV
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A case in the case
On the sidelines of this trial, the mayor of Pourrières was indicted in 2018. He is being prosecuted for favoritism and illegal taking of interests. Sebastien Bourlin is none other than the sales manager of the transport company for which the school shuttle ran.
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