A 16-year-old boy died overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Wattrelos (North) when the car he was in with five other minors overturned while fleeing a checkpoint, police said.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, said firefighters, notified shortly after 2 a.m. He was ejected from the vehicle when it overturned on a large avenue, said the Departmental Directorate of Public Security.
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The driver, also 16, was arrested. Three other minors with minor injuries were transported to hospitals in Lille and Roubaix.
“The police crew was not in pursuit”
According to the DDSP, the car, in which three boys and three girls, all aged 15 to 17, had taken place, fled when a police vehicle passing it turned around to check it by turning on its flashing lights. The driver “burned lights and took roundabouts in the wrong direction” before his vehicle hit the sidewalk and overturned.
“The police crew was not in pursuit” at the time of the accident which occurred very quickly, but “followed the car by signaling its progress and asking for means”, affirmed the DDSP.
