He had been taken care of by the emergency services in absolute urgency.
One of the two young men injured in the accident on Tuesday evening, which sparked a night of riots in the northern districts of Blois, has died.
Aged 15, he died Thursday shortly after 1 p.m., confirms the city's public prosecutor, Frédéric Chevallier.
Known to the police, the minor was in a fleeing vehicle, the driver of which refused to comply with following a roadside check carried out by the Bac (Anti-Crime Brigade).
The accident, which occurred on Tuesday evening around 6.30 p.m., opened the way for a night of riots in Blois.
Calm down the night from Wednesday to Thursday
The driver of the vehicle managed to escape after hitting two other cars, but the two passengers were seriously injured.
The teenager had been transferred to the CHU Trousseau in Tours on Wednesday evening, still in a state of absolute emergency.
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After a night of riots of a rare magnitude in the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher, the following night was quieter: no major incident was noted Wednesday evening in Blois, according to a police source.
Only an arrest took place, and a Bac car received small projectiles.
Police officers also seized a can full of gasoline in a cellar, noted an AFP journalist.
In connection with the Ministry of the Interior, the police had been deployed in large numbers in the northern district of Blois, in order to avoid a second night of violence.
"There has never been a deployment of this magnitude," said the prefect of Loir-et-Cher, François Pesneau, on Wednesday evening.
