Three police officers, suspected of having hit a scooter ridden by three teenagers and injured in the accident last week in Paris, were taken into custody, said a source familiar with the matter this Friday, April 21. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that three people were in custody, without specifying who they were.
What we know about the scooter accident with a police car that injured three minors in Paris
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced Friday morning on France info to have “asked the prefect of police to suspend (…) those who would be responsible, in particular a driver and other police officers, for this situation” and who recognized “gestures that are not appropriate”. “Testimonials here and there” seem to indicate “an intervention that does not comply with what the law and ethics allow”he continued.
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On April 13 shortly before midnight, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, a scooter ridden by three minors aged 17, 14 and 13, one of whom was not wearing a helmet, was chased by a police car and fell.
The police men “wanted to check” scooter, but “the driver refused to stop” and has “took a street in the opposite direction before losing control, in circumstances that remain to be established”from his two-wheeler, the police headquarters had indicated on Tuesday.
17-year-old driver still hospitalized
But according to a 37-year-old woman, presenting herself as a witness to the facts, the police vehicle hit the two-wheeler.
The driver, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to hospital. Friday, his vital prognosis was no longer engaged, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
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His 13-year-old brother was injured in the liver and another passenger, aged 14, was hit in the knee, said Thursday the lawyer for the two families, Arié Alimi.
The latter filed a complaint for attempted murder by a person holding public authority, with a weapon by destination, on minors.
The Paris prosecutor’s office entrusted the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) with an investigation into the conditions in which the scooter fell, and opened another investigation into the driver’s refusal to comply. Moreover, according to Mediapart, the Defender of Rights has self-seized this case.
