The call for witnesses following the death of Fabien Delecroix. – National Police
He was hit on a departmental road by a vehicle which fled.
After the death of a young man, the 23 last December, in Douvrin, in the Pas-de-Calais , a call for witnesses was broadcast by the police. For the investigators, it is a question of determining in particular the circumstances of the tragedy, which occurred on a departmental road.
Wednesday 23 December, to 03 h, the emergency services intervened at the junction between the departmental 941 and the national 47, in the town of Douvrin, for a pedestrian found inanimate on pavement. The victim, a young man in his twenties, died after being struck by a vehicle that was not found.
The driver is still on the run
An investigation was opened by the Béthune public prosecutor’s office and the investigations were entrusted to the Lille judicial police. The identity of the victim was quickly confirmed, it is Fabien Delecroix, 18 years. According to his relatives, the young man was hit by an unidentified vehicle which fled.
In addition to identifying the driver involved, the police want to understand how the victim ended up walking in this place prohibited to pedestrians. Anyone with information likely to help investigators can contact the Lille judicial police at . 23.
. . 37. 25. The police called for witnesses to try to determine the circumstances of Fabien’s death. The last time he was seen alive was the same day he died, around 03 h, in the town center of the commune of La Bassée, just a few kilometers away. “He was dressed in a gray tracksuit bottom and a gray and orange track jacket with the logo of the Bayern Munich football team. He also wore two rings on his right hand, ”the investigators specify.