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Aubervilliers: five injured, including two police officers, after a chase to the A15

2021-06-11T09:07:09.828Z


A vehicle was chased by a police brigade, after a refusal to comply, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, following an infra


Several motorists must have had a great fright, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.

The mad rush of a motorist wanting to escape a police check, in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), mainly left five injured, including two police officers, one of the officials being seriously.

Arrested this Thursday morning, the driver was heard the rest of the day for "refusal to comply" and "violence against a person holding public authority with weapons by destination".

The Aubervilliers police station was in charge of the investigation.

The chase started around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

According to a police source, the motorist, driving a Citroën C3, would have run a red light near the Adrien-Agnès quay, in Aubervilliers.

The Aubervilliers anti-crime brigade (BAC), present in the area, then asked him to stop.

He refused to comply and took the direction of the A15 motorway, via the A86.

A police officer struck and "thrown several meters"

The police force chases him, but the driver suddenly turns around to escape him. Finding himself in the wrong direction on the motorway, he causes a pile-up on the A15. The C3 collides with other vehicles as well as a police car, causing the first four injured, including an official. The latter was hospitalized and suffers from minor injuries, indicates the same police source. The driver lost control when exiting the junction towards Paris. "

The Citroën C3 then came to a stop.

His passenger was quickly arrested by the police but the driver fled on foot.

The police ran after him but could not stop him.

It was during this operation that an official was struck by a car and, according to the same source, thrown several meters "into the central reservation".

Despite the violence of the shock, the vital prognosis of this 28-year-old policeman, struck in the legs, is not engaged.

“He has severe pain in his knees with a few sores.

He had ten stitches, ”adds the same official.

Other examinations were underway during the day.

The driver, he was arrested in the morning of this Thursday, at his home in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise). He was taken into police custody and interviewed. The man, unfavorably known to the police, reportedly explained his refusal to comply because he had neither license nor insurance.

Source: leparis

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