Driver 'deliberately' mows down 5 in France

A driver with no previous record of violence on Wednesday "deliberately" mowed down five people on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, seriously injuring two of them, a minister said, in a lower toll than previously reported.

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The suspect was a 35-year-old fisherman from the island who lived alone, local officials and a prosecutor said.

The man on Wednesday morning aimed his car at pedestrians and cyclists along a path on the scenic island off the western city of La Rochelle, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.

He ran over five people in 35 minutes, gravely wounding two, including a 22-year-old woman, he said.