Involved in a fatal accident on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the rapper Koba LaD was under the influence of narcotics, the prosecutor's office in Créteil announced on Thursday.
rapper Koba LaDinvolved in a fatal accident in Créteil on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, was under the influence of “narcotics” at the time of the incident, the Créteil prosecutor's office said Thursday, requested by AFP.
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“Not yet” placed in police custody due to his hospitalization according to this source Thursday morning, the artist was behind the wheel during this accident that killed one of his passengers. An investigation into involuntary manslaughter by the driver and involuntary injury by the driver has been opened, the prosecutor's office said.
The 24-year-old rapper, who lives in Essonne, was driving on Tuesday night, a source close to the matter detailed, when his vehicle, a luxury sports sedan, came “at full speed” onto a gas station exit ramp on the A86 and hit a parked HGV.
The front passenger died
The front passenger, born in 1994, died, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, which indicated that the rear passenger, born in 1999, suffered minor injuries. The driver of the hit truck was also “slightly injured”, adds the prosecutor's office. A source close to the case initially indicated he was not injured.
Koba LaD was sentenced in 2020 to a three-month suspended prison sentence and 140 hours of community service for a car accident in Marseille. He fled after the incident, before turning himself in to police three days later. On that occasion, he also received a four-month license suspension during a plea appearance (“plea of guilt”).
The rapper with over three million followers on Instagram made his way into the rap world in 2018 with his first album 'VII'. He released the track “911” late last week alongside rap heavyweights Ninho and Niska. His most recent album, Enemies Brothers, in collaboration with rapper Zola, another rapper from Essonne, was, according to several specialist media, one of the best rap duo album debuts.