A "wild rodeo" left six people injured, three of them serious in the night from Friday to Saturday, in Libercourt (Pas-de-Calais), when the driver of one of the cars lost control of his vehicle, hitting several pedestrians, announced the firefighters and the mayor of the city.
The firefighters intervened around 1:30 am, “following a wild rodeo.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and the car hit the crowd, ”said the Pas-de-Calais Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) in a statement.
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Their balance sheet shows three "seriously injured", including two people of 18 years and one of 21 years.
Two other 18-year-olds and a 38-year-old were "slightly" injured.
The driver, unharmed, was "taken care of by the police," said the firefighters.
“This wild rodeo took place in an industrial area parallel to the A1 motorway,” the mayor of Libercourt, Daniel Maciejasz, told AFP.
Rodeos organized on social networks
"The days of at least two of the injured are in danger," he said.
According to him, "about a hundred" pedestrians were on the outskirts of the scene of the drama, as "spectators of this rodeo".
"Rodeos are a common phenomenon in this area", continued the mayor, specifying that the races sometimes took place "several times a month during the summer periods", organized "discreetly, on social networks".
Even when they do not cause accidents, "they annoy the inhabitants" of a nearby city, "who cannot sleep because of the screeching of tires and the roar of engines", and "also hamper the activity. night of the industrial zone, ”he lamented.
Contacted by AFP, the Béthune prosecutor's office did not wish to communicate information immediately.
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At the end of August, a 75-year-old woman died in Toulouse after being struck by a 25-year-old biker during an urban rodeo.
In mid-July, a 21-year-old young woman was killed near Amiens in similar circumstances.
