without a license and under drugs, he crashes into a police vehicle and flees

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In Épinal (Vosges), around midnight thirty, on the night of Thursday January 2 to Friday January 3, 2025, the vehicle of a national police crew got hit by a motorist.

The individual a fled before being finally caught up by this same patrol.

Hunting the fugitive despite the shock

It was a classic patrol in the city center of Epinal, when the crew “saw a vehicle arriving forbidden direction, at full speed, facing them, who has not slowed down», says Nicolas Basilevitch, departmental secretary of the Alliance Police Nationale 88 union.

The patrol attempted an evasive maneuver, without success, the individual hit them. Despite the shock and their damaged vehicle the crew still chased the driver. Finally, with the help of a second car, they managed to immobilize the fugitive, “by taking him in pincers,” explains Nicolas Basilevitch.

The individual was driving without a license and under drugs.

It turned out that the individual was driving without a licenseand that he was positive for narcotics.

As for the members of the crew hit, Nicolas Basilevitch explains: “There was no 'pure injury' at the time. But this morning, colleagues had neck pain. We are awaiting criminal proceedings. »

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