2023-05-24 20:43:35
A policeman from the Vienne police station (Isère) was hospitalized in emergency on Wednesday afternoon after being mowed down by a vehicle which refused a roadside check, according to information from the Dauphine Libere and of BFM Lyon.
The accident took place in the district of L’Isle, south of Vienne. Around 2:30 p.m., a car refuse a check road near a roundabout and hit the police commander head-on. The vehicle, in which four people were at the time of the refusal to comply, was found.
Alcoholic, “the one who would be the driver” has not yet been heard
The occupants of the car, who fled after the collision, are three men aged 34, 19 and 17, who were taken into custody, as well as a 4-year-old child, AFP told the public prosecutor of Vienna Audrey Quey. Alcoholic, “the one who would be the driver” has not yet been heard, she said.
“Full support for the police commander hit by a fleeing vehicle during a traffic check. This policeman, victim of this terrible refusal to comply, suffers from multiple fractures. The alleged driver arrested shortly after,” responded Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Twitter.
The policeman was seriously injured, in particular in the head, but his vital prognosis is no longer engaged according to information from France Blue Isere. An investigation for attempted murder of a person holding public authority and refusal to comply has been opened, the prosecution announced to the same source.
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