Tour de France won’t press charges against fan who caused crash
The Tour de France has made the decision not to press fees against a clueless admirer who triggered a bloody pile-up at the race more than the weekend when she waved her indication in the bikers’ path, organizers explained Thursday.
Race director Christian Prudhomme explained they withdrew their complaint against the thirty-calendar year-outdated French lady, who was in custody Wednesday at a police station in Landerneau, Brittany.
“This tale has been blown out of proportion but we wish to remind all people of the safety rules on the race,” Prudhomme explained to Reuters.
“If you come to the Tour, you keep your kid, you keep your pet and never cross the street carelessly. And above all, you respect the riders — they’re the ones worthy of stay Tv set.”
The lady, who has not been recognized, experienced been on the sidelines dealing with absent from riders when bike owner Tony Martin clipped her indication for the duration of the race’s first phase on Saturday — sending him flying and other folks crashing to the ground all around him.
The crash resulted in two riders pulling out of the competitors and eight becoming addressed for accidents, the BBC claimed.
French authorities explained the lady fled prior to investigators could achieve her.
“The spectator who triggered this accident left the scene prior to the arrival of the investigators,” a spokesperson for the Finistere police drive explained, according to the Impartial.
The lady, accused of involuntarily creating injury and putting the life of other folks at chance, faced a high-quality of all around $one,seven hundred, French information network RTL claimed. She also faced up to a calendar year in jail, the Everyday Mail claimed.
With Write-up wires
