A young man who was riding a motorcycle died in an accident Sunday morning in Garges-lès-Gonesse, Val-d'Oise. The young man, who was trying to escape a police check, would have fallen from his motorcycle and hit "alone" a guardrail, according to police sources.

The Pontoise prosecutor's office has opened an investigation and entrusted it to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), according to a source close to the investigation.