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Cycling: Spectator to face trial in October over Tour de France race crash

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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 3 - Lorient to Pontivy - France - June 28, 2021. Bahrain Victorious rider Marco Haller of Austria receives medical attention after a crash. [REUTERS/Anne-Christine Poujoulat/File Photo]

The spectator accused of having caused a massive pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Brittany will face trial on Oct. 14, the local prosecutor's department said on Friday.

The spectator, a 30-year-old Frenchwoman, is being sued for involuntarily causing injury and putting the life of others at risk, the prosecutor also said in a statement.

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