It is 2:30 a.m., on the night of Saturday December 7 to Sunday December 8, 2024. Installed at the Luc activity zone, in the commune of Échiré, to carry out road checks, the gendarmes of the brigade de Champdeniers saw a car making a U-turn as it was coming towards them.
The motorist in the Opel Corsa then drove off at high speed in the opposite direction, forcing the police to chase him when he refused to comply. The soldiers may activate their sound and light alarms, but the fugitive continues his journey.
The motorist, a 22-year-old young man from Sansais, was finally intercepted, forced to stop after unwittingly taking a cul-de-sac, still in the town of Échiré. Arrested and placed in police custody, the young man was driving with 1.66 g of alcohol in his blood, hence his desire to flee the control of the police.
He received a summons for September 15, 2025 before the delegate of the Niort prosecutor and will therefore be tried for refusal to comply and for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state.
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