During the night from Friday to Saturday, a 22-year-old young man died in Marseille as a result of his injuries in a scooter accident after fleeing a police check, according to police sources.
After refusing to comply with a police check, in the 9th arrondissement, in the south of the city, the “young man fled then lost control of his scooter on a speed bump”, according to these police sources. Ejected to the ground, he died on the spot as a result of his injuries, around 1 a.m., despite first aid provided by the police.
An open investigation
An investigation was opened and entrusted to departmental security. It was not specified whether an investigation was also opened by the IGPN, the police force. Saturday morning, it was not specified how far the scooter was from the police vehicle that tried to control it during the accident. Nor if the young man was wearing a helmet.
This accident in Marseille comes exactly one week after a very similar tragedy in Seine-et Marne, where two 17-year-old teenagers on scooters also lost their lives by falling from their scooters after refusing to comply and a chase with the police. . According to the Meaux public prosecutor’s office, no contact had taken place between the vehicles.