According to the first conclusions of the investigation, entrusted to the federal judicial police of Liège, an altercation between two motorists, which would have started in traffic, would have degenerated on the rest area, to the point that the two men were came to blows. In this case, one of the two would have resumed his journey while the other, a 32-year-old resident of La Bruyère, would have moved back to the wheel of his car where he would then have been discovered unconscious. A passing motorist called the emergency services. The latter tried in vain to resuscitate the thirty-something.
Nebulous circumstances
Advised, the duty magistrate of the Liège public prosecutor’s office descended on the scene with a medical examiner. This one would have noted traces of a punch on the victim, who would not however have been beaten. An autopsy was ordered to precisely identify the causes of death of the Namurois.
His companion, probably very shocked, accompanied him in the vehicle. Afterwards, she was unable to give any information to the police. For example, she could not explain the circumstances in which the facts would have happened or give information concerning a possible violent altercation with another motorist. She was taken care of by the police assistance service for victims of the Meuse-Hesbaye police zone.
If a perpetrator were to be identified, he would then be prosecuted for intentional bodily injury resulting in death without intention to give it.