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Witnesses say incident happened after luxury car driver and cyclist had heated roadside argument
Prosecutors in Paris have opened a murder investigation after the driver of a luxury SUV reportedly ran over a cyclist, crushing him to death, after a heated roadside argument in the centre of the capital.
“Initial witness statements indicate that the movement of the car towards the cyclist was deliberate on the part of the driver,” the prosecutor’s office told BFM-TV on Wednesday. The 52-year-old driver was arrested at the scene on Tuesday evening.
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