2023-09-06 22:03:02
A 16-year-old teenager died in a two-wheeler collision with a police vehicle in Elancourt (Yvelines), announced the Versailles prosecutor’s office. ” Severly injured “ in the accident, he had been taken to hospital. His death was “confirmed and announced to the family”said the prosecution, which told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that two police officers were placed in police custody.
Two investigations had been opened following the accident: one for “refusal to comply”, entrusted to the territorial security of Yvelines, targeting the driver of the two-wheeler, the other for “involuntary injuries by driver”, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police.
According to a police source at AFP, the young man, driving a scooter during the collision, was in cardiac arrest when the emergency services arrived, who managed to resuscitate him before taking him to the hospital. Ongoing investigations “will determine the circumstances” of this collision, concluded the prosecution.
The mobile gendarmes in Elancourt
A squadron of mobile gendarmes was sent to Elancourt to prevent possible unrest in this town of 25,000 inhabitants, according to a police source. The death of this teenager comes just over two months after the death of Nahel M., 17, killed in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) by a police biker during a road check on June 27. The police officer was charged with intentional homicide and remanded in custody.
The images of the biker shooting point-blank at the teenager, widely broadcast on social networks, had raised a wave of anger in the country where riots had broken out. This urban violence was marked by clashes between rioters and police, scenes of looting, firing of fireworks at public buildings and fires.
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