The man found dead on the E40 highway, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday near Welkenraedt, would have thrown himself under the wheels of a truck following having himself crushed, shortly before, two of his neighbors on a path cyclo-pedestrian in Eupen, seriously injuring them, the Eupen prosecutor’s office said at the end of the day.
The man’s body was found around 12:30 a.m. Two hours earlier, he would have seriously injured two of his neighbors by overturning them by car on a cyclo-pedestrian path in Nöreth (Eupen).
“The man took the road by car and hit his two neighbours, seriously injuring them. The life of one of them is in danger”specifies the spokesperson for the prosecution, Andrea Tilgenkamp. “Witnesses saw that he was waiting by the side of the road. When a truck arrived, he took a step forward. Everything leans to say that it is a suicide. (…) “It was a noise issue. One of the neighbors had a dog. This file was in penal mediation. In this context, the author was interviewed several times by the police.
After the collision, the man’s vehicle was immobilized. The motorist then fled on foot and went on the highway where he probably committed suicide, concludes the spokesperson.
