This Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), a Peugeot 3008 parked near a playground near the town hall attracts the attention of a patrol from the anti-crime brigade.
The driver seems on his guard and looks in all directions.
They suspect the vehicle is stolen.
This model is one of the most popular with car thieves.
The three police officers, in an unmarked vehicle, get out to check him.
“We position ourselves at the back, the flashing light is on on the dashboard,” they say.
One of them dismounts and positions himself at the height of the front passenger window while the other two move forward on the driver's side.
They do not have a police armband but indicate that they have declined their police status in order to carry out a check.
The major began to "scream in pain"
That's when the Peugeot starts.
The police vehicle tries to block it.
The policeman positioned on the passenger side takes out his weapon, but does not use it.
His two colleagues manage to break the window on the driver's side and try to unfasten the seat belt.
Nothing helps: the recalcitrant motorist restarts, crashes into a passing car and then hits one of the three agents, a major.
Sandwiched between the 3008 and the police vehicle, "he starts screaming in pain", relate his colleagues.
A second attempt to extract the driver from his car ended in failure.
The motorist gets free and tries again to hit the policeman, who has time to jump on the bonnet of the police car.
The Peugeot then hits a parked Ford Transit.
The impact has the effect of making the Peugeot take off, which finds itself on its two right wheels, while the left part is mounted on two-wheelers also parked.
After crashing into a block, the driver manages to escape by fleeing on foot.
He had not yet been found this Thursday evening at 9:30 p.m.
The police officer sandwiched was injured in the knees, but not serious.
