In the heart of Paris on the night of Saturday to Sunday, a car fleeing a police check fatally hit a 25-year-old young woman near the Pont Neuf on the banks of the Seine.
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The vehicle in question was committing numerous offenses on the Champs-Élysées, according to a police source at
Le Figaro
, before being spotted by a police patrol around 2 a.m.
But the driver, who refused to comply with the orders of the police, fled "
at high speed
".
At the height of the Pont Neuf, and while the driver was traveling on the bus lane towards Place du Châtelet, the car struck head-on the pedestrian who was crossing the road.
This did not stop the driver who continued his escape on foot after hitting a car and abandoning his vehicle.
The individual was finally arrested at the town hall as he was about to get into a taxi, as well as the person who accompanied him in the car.
The young woman could not be revived by firefighters.
