Charles Bremner, ParisMonday November 01 2021, 12.01am GMT, The Times

A motorist was critically injured after being hit by a game shooter’s bullet in the latest accident to fuel demands for curbs on hunting in France.

The man, 67, who has not been named, was driving on the dual carriageway road from Rennes to Nantes when a large-calibre rifle round went through his neck and exited the other side of the vehicle. A passenger managed to stop the car and called for help.

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Police detained two members of a hunting party that was shooting wild boar near the road as ballistics experts tried to identify who fired the shot. The incident has added to widespread anger over the deaths of chasseurs and passers-by caused by negligence and reckless shooting. About a dozen people are accidentally