Truck drivers and screens Fatal case and denial

Oct 24–25, 2022

France 2 investigates truck drivers using screens, framed by the recent sentence over Jean-Christophe Bolloch's death. His widow Catherine Le Jeune Bolloch recalls the October 2022 A13 collision in the Eure and says the driver was on a third Netflix episode. The report and an unidentified lawyer retain the driver's contrary account: he only heard the sound and briefly fell asleep. It reports a five-year sentence with four years suspended; the presenter says the trial was a month earlier, while the reporter says a few days earlier. Drivers describe seeing videos in cabs and one admits Snapchat use. A cited study concerns texting or browsing by 27% of truck drivers and video viewing by 6% of all drivers. Antoine Regley explains the stated GPS exception and penalties.

Gendarme Jean-Christophe Bolloch was killed by a truck while working with colleagues on the A13 in the Eure during the night of October 24–25, 2022. France 2's retrospective account includes his widow's description of the family loss and her claim that a Netflix episode was playing on the driver's tablet. The driver's account, relayed by his lawyer, denies watching and says he briefly fell asleep while only hearing the sound. The mechanism and responsibility claims remain attributed.