the vital prognosis of a scooter driver hired after refusing to comply

The vital prognosis of a scooter driver, who fell after refusing to stop during a police check Monday evening in Bourges, is in jeopardy, we learned Tuesday from police and judicial sources.

The accident occurred on Monday at 11:30 p.m. when the municipal police attempted to carry out a check on two young people aged 22 and 20, who were riding on a scooter, without a helmet and without a license plate, these sources detailed. “Faced with refusal to comply”the municipal police overtook the two-wheeler and “used tear gas spray at height” of the two young men, who fell, said the police Source. The public prosecutor of Bourges, Céline Visiedo, who announced to AFP the opening of an investigation “to verify the circumstances of the accident”believes that“it is still too early to know if the tear gas was fired” was the cause of the accident.

Following their fall, the two young people were transported to hospital by emergency services. The vital prognosis of the driver, aged 22, “is still engaged”, according to the prosecutor. The two municipal police officers involved, “who had not activated their body-worn cameras”were interviewed by the national police, said a police Source.