A 27-year-old municipal police officer in Dunkirk was seriously injured during an intervention during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Around one o’clock in the morning according to the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office, a municipal police patrol noted the abnormal behavior of a motorist, reports The voice of the North.
Wanting to control it, the police followed the vehicle as it fled. Slowed down by works a little further on; the police arrived at him. As they were preparing to arrest him, the motorist drove off again before hitting one of the police officers and running over him then dragged him for several meters, before fleeing.
Seriously injured, the police officer was taken to Dunkirk University Hospital and the fugitive is actively sought. The prosecution opened an investigation for “attempted homicide of a person holding public authority.” “.