The Guadeloupe region was raided on Thursday, sources have told AFP, as part of an investigation into the fatal accident that occurred on November 16 when Charles Caudrelier, winner of the Route du Rhum.
The search was carried out on Thursday afternoon at the regional hotel in Basse-Terre, the capital of Guadeloupe, a Gendarmerie source told AFP. At around 5:00 a.m. on November 16, a follow-up boat to the winning ship of the race sank while transporting some members of the organization of the Route du Rhum, resulting in the deaths of two of its occupants, aged 35 and 38 respectively.
A few days later, the Pointe-à-Pitre prosecutor announced the opening of a criminal investigation into the charges of manslaughter and negligent bodily harm caused by recklessness and failure to comply with safety regulations. Joseph Bizard, the general director of OC Sport Pen Duick – the organizer of the race – had told the press that he had signed an agreement with the Guadeloupe region to obtain the provision of boats and “given him a notebook with a detailed description.” of the costs sent precisely the specifics to which we ask the boats and their crews to respond 24 hours a day”.
Following the region’s bidding, “the list of speedboats proposed on the waters (was) submitted to the Department of the Sea to allow them access to the various regulated areas,” Joseph Weird said. The shipwrecked man’s pilot was also charged and the investigation entrusted to an examining magistrate is still ongoing.
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