A 16-year-old young man on a scooter was violently hit on Wednesday September 6 by a police car. The teenager was then pursued for another police vehicle following a refusal to comply. The IGPN has been seized.
On the run after refusing to comply, late Wednesday, September 6, a 16-year-old young man who was traveling on a scooter between Maurepas and Elancourt, in the Yvelines department, was violently hit by a second police vehicle at a intersection, relay The Parisian. According to the daily, the teenager was seriously injured. Around 7:30 p.m., his condition was considered “desperate”, still report our colleagues. And this, despite the rapid intervention of the emergency services. It must be said that when they arrived, the young man, who does not know whether he was wearing a helmet or not, was in cardiopulmonary arrest. He was then taken to Beaujon Hospital, in Clichy, in the Hauts-de-Seine. His condition was considered critical.
The police force, the IGPN, was seized in stride. While two investigations have been opened, one for unintentional injuries by driver and the other for refusal to comply, The Parisian reports that two police officers have been taken into custody. The Versailles prosecutor’s office specifies that those in custody are the drivers of the two police vehicles.
On Wednesday evening, the exact circumstances of the accident still remained to be clarified. The fact that the first police car, the one following the young man, had been contacted by radio to arrest him seems certain. However, several elements remain unclear at this stage. There is little information about why the second police vehicle, the one that hit the scooter, was at the intersection. Was the crew returning from another intervention? Was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? “He could have hit an individual’s car or other. It’s a total coincidence,” said a source with the Parisian. For its part, the IGPN does not exclude any track.