Drunk and speeding on the expressway, the driver fled before being arrested in the city center in

Drunk and speeding on the expressway, the driver fled before being arrested in the city center in
Drunk and speeding on the expressway, the driver fled before being arrested in the city center in Quimper

A fairly unusual scene, which sparked questions from passers-by, this Saturday, November 2, 2024, in the city center of . At midday, rue des Réguaires, located a stone's throw from the quays of the Odet, was in fact blocked by a major security device. On site, several gendarmerie and municipal police vehicles. To understand the origin of the intervention, you must start from the RN165, near the town of Briec…

A few moments earlier, the gendarmerie carried out speed checks on the expressway. She spots this motorist, who is driving “excessively fast”, reports the Quimper prosecutor’s office in the evening. The soldiers then began to follow him, asking him to stop. What the man behind the wheel doesn't do. North of Quimper, it exits the RN165 and continues towards the city center.

The man, pursued by the gendarmes, was arrested in the city center of Quimper. (Photo Sophie Benoit)

In his race, he would have hit one or more vehicles, specifies the prosecution. The driver will then try to flee on foot. But he was stopped on rue des Réguaires by the municipal police. The man was taken into custody. Alcoholic at the time of the events, he refused to submit to blood alcohol testing. A blood test therefore had to be requested to determine its exact level.

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