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Paris: a car hits an eleventh-century terrace, no injuries, the driver cannot be found

2021-07-16T21:46:42.045Z


A car hit the terrace of a restaurant on rue Pierre-Levée in the Oberkampf district, in the 11th arrondissement of the Capi


A car hit the tables and chairs of the Soya restaurant, located in rue Pierre-Levée, in the 11th arrondissement of the capital, in the early evening.

“It was the start of the shift, around 7 pm.

The driver stopped then he accelerated and rushed onto the terrace before heading back to Boulevard Richard Lenoir, an employee of the restaurant told Le Figaro.

Luckily there was only one client and she rushed inside.

She is not injured but is a little traumatized ”.

Chairs, tables and trash cans were broken or overturned, but the incident did not claim any victims, according to a source close to the investigation.

The vehicle which darkened on the terrace of the restaurant was found a few meters further "parked" and "driverless" on the side of Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, the Paris police headquarters said in a tweet.

#Information |

Vehicle found without driver on Boulevard Richard Lenoir in # Paris11.


Central Laboratory intervention in progress.


Security perimeter in place.

pic.twitter.com/N9fV8U9OVK

- Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) July 16, 2021

On social networks, photos and videos show that the police have cordoned off the neighborhood by setting up a security perimeter to allow the intervention of the central laboratory.

Deminers made sure that the vehicle did not contain any explosives before lifting the device shortly before 10 p.m.

PARIS - Demining operation in the 11th arrondissement.

The area was evacuated.



A driver crashed into a terrace before fleeing.



The security perimeter has been lifted.

No injuries.

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- Clément Lanot (@ClementLanot) July 16, 2021

The intention of the driver is not yet established, but the first elements of the investigation seem to rule out the terrorist trail. The fact that the driver took care to make an impeccable time slot to park his vehicle after his gesture is puzzling. Was his gesture intentional or was he only aware of having hit a terrace? Was he in his normal state? Still, the highly symbolic place where the events took place, in the same neighborhood as the attacks of November 13, 2015, obviously justifies the large deployment of police officers this Friday evening in the neighborhood, where the trauma is still present.

Source: leparis

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