It was driving with four minors and one major on board. A 17-year-old man died behind the wheel of a van after trying to flee a gendarmerie patrol. The scene occurred on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Montchanin (Saône-et-Loire), we learned from the prosecutor of Chalon-sur-Saône.
Shortly before midnight, the utility vehicle was stationary in the middle of the road, doors open. A gendarmerie patrol then approached when the van fled, said prosecutor Damien Savarzeix,
confirming information from Creusot Infos.
Vital prognosis engaged for the three minors
Followed by the gendarmes, the driver of the vehicle “took a lot of risks, burned two fires and drove very quickly”, according to the magistrate. The van then crashed into a roundabout. The gendarmes, who were then “at a distance”, according to the prosecutor, brought first aid to the five passengers.
The driver died of his injuries. The vital prognosis of the three other minors, hospitalized, was engaged. The fifth passenger, an adult, was also hospitalized. “The investigation begins,” added Damien Savarzeix, who entrusted the investigations to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Chalon-sur-Saône.