The impact was so severe that the victims’ car was cut in half. An accident caused by a driver trying to escape the police left two dead and two seriously injured, all from the same family, during the night from Saturday to Sunday in Aulnay-sous-Bois. The 36-year-old driver and her three-year-old son died instantly. The 39-year-old father and their 7-year-old daughter were transported respectively to Beaujon hospital (Clichy) and Necker hospital (Paris XVth), between life and death.
The fugitive, a resident of Roissy-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne), was arrested just after the tragedy while he was trying, this time on foot, to sow the police. This 26-year-old man was still in police custody this Sunday as part of this open investigation, in particular for manslaughter. According to our information, he was drunk, under the influence of drugs and without a mark on his license when he refused the police check.
It is not yet one o’clock in the morning when a crew of the night anti-crime brigade engages in Champigny-sur-Marne on one of the sections leading to the A4. The police spotted a Mercedes Viano, a fairly imposing vehicle, speeding towards the Nogent-sur-Marne bridge. The driver multiplies the calls of the lighthouse to force motorists to move aside on the side of the road. The driver exits the motorway and takes the A86 towards Bobigny.
He runs a red light and hits the victims’ car
The crew activated the siren and the rotating beacon. The chase begins. Seeing the blue light, the fugitive takes the leftmost lane, extinguishes his lights and crushes his foot on the accelerator. He swerves several times to make his way through traffic. Behind, the police cling to avoid being lost.
The driver takes the exit towards the Rosny 2 shopping center but starts again on the A86. The anti-crime squad is losing ground. But the flow of vehicles is unfavorable to the driver of the Viano. He then takes the Aulnay-center exit and, just after, runs a red light.
It is this intersection that the Citroën takes at this precise moment, where the Aulnay-sous-Bois family is located. The shock is terrible. The victims’ car is almost cut in half. With speed, the driver rolls another ten meters before coming to a stop. The man does not hesitate for a second. He opens his door and sprints towards rue Eugène-Varlin in Blanc-Mesnil, weaving through the thickets.
“It was horrible as an intervention”
Two policemen run after him. The third remained behind the wheel and managed to pass him a few seconds later. The fugitive then turns around and falls on the officials. He was arrested immediately. Meanwhile, state and municipal police are trying to rescue family members.
Cardiac massages are given for long minutes. “It was horrible as an intervention,” said one of the rescuers. A psychological listening cell has even been set up for the police and potential witnesses to the accident, the Bobigny prosecutor’s office tells us this Sunday.
During police custody, an analysis established that the driver was driving with an alcohol level in his blood of 0.86 mg / l. According to our information, he was the subject of a file prohibiting him from leaving French territory. We did not know more this Sunday about the reasons for this obligation.
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