Gard. A 13-year-old teenager stopped by the police while driving a car, the situation escalates

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When starting their duty, the police officers certainly did not expect to experience such a situation on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, November 28, 2024, in the streets ofAlès (Gard)…

Around 2:30 a.m., they carried out a check on a vehicle which was driven by a person who was obviously very young. As they approached the car, they noticed that it was a teenager. barely 13 years oldinformation revealed by our colleagues atObjective Gard. That's when the situation escalated…

Refusal to comply and chase

The teenager immediately refused to surrender before fleeing into the streets of Alès. A chase that would continue for approximately 10 kilometers before ending at the level of Boulevard Demand… During these few kilometers, the teenager “committed a lot of offenses”, specifies a police source at Actu.fr.

He was eventually slowed down by another police crew who used a Diva (Motor Vehicle Interception Device) to slow down its mad rush…

Two police officers injured

During his arrest, the very young fugitive struggled, wounding at the same time two police officers. Each of them was issued a ITT.

A investigation was immediately opened by the Nîmes public prosecutor's office which will decide on the follow-up to be given to this case.

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