Four dead including three police officers in a road accident in the North, two injured in “absolute emergency”

2023-05-21 10:18:02

On the scene of a fatal accident which killed 4 people including 3 police officers, between Roubaix and Villeneuve-d’Ascq, on May 21, 2023. STEPHANE MORAGNE / PHOTOPQR / VOICE OF THE NORTH / MAXPPP

Four people including three police officers died, Sunday May 21 in the morning, on the territory of the Lille metropolis in a « accident » between a national police vehicle and another car, two other people being in “absolute urgency”announced the Minister of the Interior and the Northern Prefecture.

The accident took place on the departmental road 700 at the level of Villeneuve-d’Ascq, according to the prefecture of the North. “All my thoughts go out to the families of the victims, to whom I send my condolences. Full support for the wounded”, reacted on Twitter the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmaninevoking a “very serious traffic accident in the North”.

According to the press release issued by the North prefecture, “three officials from the Roubaix police station” died in the accident. A “civilian person supported by officials inside the vehicle” is, for its part, “absolute urgency”.

The driver of the second vehicle is dead and the passenger of this same vehicle is also in “absolute urgency”according to the same source. “An investigation will determine the causes of the accident”writes the prefecture.

The World with AFP

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