death of a young man seriously injured after refusing to comply

The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office announced, this Wednesday, June 26, the death of the young man who was seriously injured on Sunday after a fall on a scooter. This 22-year-old refused to comply with a police check before having an accident in between Gennevilliers et Asnières-sur-Seine. He died Monday afternoon, reports Le Figaro. Two investigations were opened after the tragedy: a first for refusal to comply led by the Territorial Security of Hauts-de-Seineand a second for unintentional injuries by vehicle driver entrusted to the IGPN.

The victim tested positive for alcohol and cannabis

The use of video surveillance cameras made it possible to « confirm the police version » in the course of events. According to the first elements of the investigations, the police stopped following the scooter which fled, despite the officers’ request to stop. The young man riding a scooter, without a helmet, had refused priority to a police vehicle, which first followed him along an avenue separating Gennevilliers and Asnières-sur-Seine, in Hauts-de-Seine. The police nevertheless quickly stopped their course « on the orders of their hierarchy »confirms the prosecution.

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The young man fled before being found “below on a railway track” after what seems to be « a collision between the scooter and a metal barrier”, detailed the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture on Sunday. HAS When they arrived on site, the police came to the aid of the young man and « immediately alerted the firefighters”. The prosecution indicated that blood tests carried out on the young man revealed that he was « positive for alcohol and cannabis » at the time of the accident.