Update: The drunk driver who killed a former gendarme told the police that she thought she had hit a hole.

The accident occurred early in the morning when the woman entered the oncoming lane and fatally struck a 54-year-old man, a former gendarme. After the impact, she fled the scene, believing she had only hit a pothole. She was later found sleeping in the damaged car. The man's neighbors described him as a good and quiet man, while the woman, arrested for manslaughter and other offenses, admitted to having consumed alcohol before driving. The woman had her license revoked due to previous alcohol-related offenses.