Three police officers injured by a driver who refuses to obey near Lyon, their car destroyed

Le Figaro Lyon

“We came very close to a tragedy”. A police car was very violently hit by a driver refusing to obey around 1 a.m. this Monday in Caluire-et-Cuire, in the northern suburbs of Lyon, we learned Figaro from several police sources. The vehicle was destroyed by the impact, while the Alliance union points to a «tentative d’homicide».

The suspect had refused to obey the orders of the police in the neighboring town of Rillieux-la-Pape. He allegedly deliberately drove into the vehicle of the Specialized Field Brigade (BST) on patrol on Avenue Général Leclerc near the Auchan supermarket. The three police officers only owed their salvation to an evasive maneuver by the driver which limited the damage.

Already several refusals to comply to his credit

Injured, they had to be examined this Monday morning by a doctor. They will file a complaint. Of Swiss nationality, the suspect was immediately arrested. He was drunk and did not have a driving license, indicates the management of the Rhône national police at Figaro. He is a repeat offender, known for several refusals to comply, according to a union source. “He’s a traffic criminal.”attacks this same source.

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For his part, Alain Barberis, departmental secretary Alliance National Police, denounces “yet another refusal to comply in the second largest city in France”. “There is one every 17 minutes in France and this time our colleagues saw death, we came very close to a tragedy, he continues to the Figaro. It is urgent that the State takes this scourge head on to eradicate this scourge.”

The prefect of Rhône, Fabienne Buccio, welcomed “a total commitment to stopping a dangerous individual with criminal behavior.” “The Prefect provides her unwavering support to the national police officers injured last night and wishes them a speedy recovery,” she wrote in a message published on the social network X.