The driver refused to stand at the request of the police in Paris in the early morning hours on Saturday, authorities said.
The chase, which lasted a few kilometers, ended when the driver lost control over the vehicle and stabbed into the traffic light, after which two police cars, who were closely accompanied by the last part of the vehicle, said prosecutors.
The chase began when the driver did not listen to the police command to stop after it went through the red light around 5:45 in the morning in 14. Parisian district, the police reported to the morning.
Course Poursuite A EU Lieu Dans La Capitale Française, Samedi 22 Mars, Après un refus d’Obtempérer. Elle a Causé Un Lourd Accident. Le Bilan S’élève à 11 blessés, Dont Huit Policiers.
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“Three police vehicles were then moving a few kilometers away,” he said, adding to doubt that the driver was influenced by alcohol at the time of chase.
Police continued to chase in 15. The district before the driver lost control over the vehicle and stabbed into the traffic light.
One police car then scored into the back of the car, after which the second police car hit the first, throwing it on the suspect vehicle.
Un Chauffard à Bord d’Une Bmw Volée a Commis Un refus d’Obljerer et causé un violent accident à l’issue d’une course poursuite Dans Paris Ce Matin. Bilan: 11 blessés dont 8 Policiers. @Valeurs pic.twitter.com/sqhwpqyan7
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The witness stated for Le Parisien that he thought how they stacked and “nulled cars” part of the “film set in progress.”
Screwing cameras showing armed police officers to get out of the vehicle after a collision, pull out one of the passengers from the car and knock it down to the ground.
Ten police officers suffered easier injuries and were hospitalized due to the chain collision, the police said.
“The right is a miracle that no one was killed,” he wrote on the XU (former Twitter) deputy competent for the area, Anthony Samama. “It is high time to tend to be sentenced, which are currently limited to two years in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros.”
All injured police officers are now released from the hospital, confirmed the Paris Police Chief Laurent Nuñez on Saturday afternoon.
“The driver and two passengers were arrested and transported to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening,” he added.
Mr. Nuñez stated that the vehicle was not reported as stolen and that during drug and alcohol testing were for drivers and two passenger.
Two of the three detained – aged 30, 22 and 19 – French are citizens and are known to the police. The two have files.
Unsa-Police union announced a “creepy” photograph of the accident, where one police car is seen on the top of a severe damaged black vehicle.
“A creepy picture that testifies to the brutality of the accident in Paris,” he published a union at XU.
Mr. Nuñez gave a recognition “to all police officers who participated in this intervention.”
Last year in the wider area of Paris, 2,300 rejections of compliance with police orders were recorded, Nuñez said. Forty percent of such cases happens at night, he added.
(Vijesti.ba)