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Overview
- Prosecutors say the 17-year-old has confessed to being at the wheel when Salaheddine, 8, was struck on a pedestrian crossing on Avenue des Arts in Pissevin on February 17 and the car fled.
- He was placed under formal investigation for aggravated road homicide, driving without a license and hit-and-run, and has been remanded in pretrial detention.
- Laboratory analysis found he had consumed drugs the night before the crash, countering initial on-site screenings that were negative.
- Another 17-year-old admitted being a passenger that morning and driving the vehicle the previous night; he is under investigation for complicity in aggravated road homicide and driving without a license and was placed under judicial control.
- Five others detained as they tried to retrieve the rental Audi were cleared and released, and a white march is scheduled Saturday from the boy’s school to the crash site as psychological support continues for pupils and families.