Toulouse. Fleeing motorist ‘deliberately’ rams into police, three officers injured
By Guillaume Laurent
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At 5 a.m. on Sunday March 20, 2022, a vehicle traveling at high speed in the Bagatelle district, near Toulouse, refused to obey the control of a crew from the anti-crime brigade, which was patrolling the area. He a ran away in the direction of Les Pradettes.
He would have “deliberately hit the police”
Pursued by the police, the motorist driving a Renault Clio II “took all the risks to escape an interception”, says Didier Martinez, regional secretary of the SGP Police Unit union, which is part of a “late night ordeal” for the police.
At Chemin Ramelet Moundi, as a screen-printed crew arrived in the opposite direction, the fleeing driver “deliberately hit in a frontal impact police car”. The collision was violent and the Peugeot 3008 of officials was damn damaged.
Three police officers injured, one of them loses consciousness
At the arrivalthree police officers are injured. Following the shock, one of them even ” fainted on the spot, before getting up”. All three were evacuated to the Purpan Hospital, in Toulouse, a priori without gravity. The fleeing motorist was also slightly touchedbefore being taken to the Ambroise-Paré clinic for treatment, then arrested.
“Refusals to comply become legion” in Toulouse
In a press release, Unit SGP Police “provides its full support to the crews involved, wishes a speedy recovery” to the injured officers “and asks for the greatest firmness against the author, in a context of total impunity which characterizes this type of unacceptable behavior. “. Didier Martinez is indeed worried about the multiplication of refusals to comply, which according to him “became legion” in Toulouse.
“Refusals to comply are becoming legion. Since criminal sanctions are not dissuasive, the perpetrators know that they mean nothing… It is impunity that has led to the reiteration of this type of act”.
Aged about 30, the fleeing driver was, according to our information, not a driver’s license holder. The Toulouse prosecutor’s office has ordered the opening of an investigation.
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