Wednesday evening, PSG won 2-1 against Arsenal during a match at the Parc des Princes.
Several incidents broke out in the evening after the game.
Near the Champs-Élysées, a car struck several pedestrians before its occupants flee.
A victory welcomed by all but an evening that has finished badly. During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, many incidents broke out in the capital while Parisian supporters celebrated their team feat. PSG won 2-1 against Arsenal during a meeting at the Parc des Princes in the 16ᵉ arrondissement.
Many material damage has been noted near the park where vehicles and coffee have been degraded. The worst time has occurred in the Champs-Élysées area in the 8th arrondissement, a traditional place to gather the evenings of victory. It is indeed near the most beautiful avenue in the world that vehicles were burnt down and degraded businesses, but also, and above all, that a car rushed into the crowd, making three injured, one of which is between life and death. TF1info takes stock of what we know about this drama.
A car surrounded by supporters
It was 0.111 precisely when the facts took place at the level of 3, rue Christophe Columbus in the 8ᵉ arrondissement of Paris, rue located between avenue George V and avenue Marceau.
It was there that a man circulating aboard a black and Mercedes brand vehicle was surrounded by supporters, according to the elements transmitted this Thursday morning by the Paris prosecutor’s office. Some of them then climbed on the roof of his car, before the situation degenerates.
The driver accelerates and strikes the crowd
Still according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the driver would then have accelerated, without however riding at high speed, before hitting several pedestrians.
The driver was then extracted from the vehicle by witnesses, according to the prosecution, before fleeing on foot, just like the passenger who was at the back of the car.
Three injured and a vital prognosis committed
The results of this accident reported three injured. One of them, a minor, was taken care of by the emergency services and transported to the hospital with a committed vital prognosis, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
The other two injured were in a state of relative emergency.
-The driver would be a driver
Also according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the driver of the desired car would be a driver and the person who was on the rear seat his client.
The police prefecture specifies that the Mercedes car was stagged and burnt down after the facts. His carcass was still visible this Thursday morning at the level of avenue Marceau, evidenced by the images below shot by LCI this Thursday morning.
The scene was filmed
The scene, which took place on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, was fully filmed by the mobile phones of several supporters. The vehicle is visible in the middle of the crowd.
Then a few seconds later, this same car is visible riding on the body of several people.
An investigation opened by the prosecution
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation by heads of “violence with a weapon having led to a total incapacity for work greater than 8 days”, “violence with a weapon having led to a total incapacity for work less than 8 days”, “offense of flight” and “non-assistance to anyone in danger”. It is entrusted to territorial security 75 (ST75).
Many investigations are underway to find the two people who fled.
The registration of the vehicle being visible on the videos, it is very likely that the police have had for several hours of the identity of the driver sought.
