Overview
- Two rival groups met on a Chassieu parking lot for a prearranged fight that turned violent around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, according to sources close to the case.
- A car struck a man who died at the scene, and it also hit a young woman who remains hospitalized with life‑threatening injuries after multiple traumas.
- Three people were arrested near the lot shortly after the clash, and police have opened an investigation with no immediate comment from the prosecutor’s office.
- A police source told Sud Ouest the driver drove into two pedestrians and fled, and officers are now seeking the suspect in a homicide and attempted‑homicide probe that treats the car as a weapon.
- Chassieu’s mayor linked the episode to youth risk‑taking tied to alcohol and nitrous oxide, a recreational “laughing gas,” underscoring local concern over late‑night gatherings.