It is around two o’clock in the morning, on the night of Thursday to Friday, May 27 in Périgueux. A crew from the BAC de nuit, the city police station’s anti-crime brigade, is on patrol in Place Faidherbe when they see a Peugeot 106 pass by with three young men inside, all lights off watching them. The car runs a red light before their eyes. The police turn on the flashing light and the siren, but the car accelerates and tries to lose them. A chase begins, it will last for 20 kilometers. The information, revealed by South Westis confirmed by the police at France Blue Perigord.
A peak at 100 km / h in the streets of Périgueux
The 20-year-old driver takes a lot of risks to escape the police. He ran through red lights, went full speed up Rue Saint-Front and Cours Tourny, right in the city center, swerved, reversed, and a peak at 100 km/h on the straight line of rue Pierre Semard, limited to 50 km/h, near the SNCF technicentre. The crew of the BAC follows him at a good distance until the exit of Périgueux and chases him in the countryside, bottles of alcohol are thrown by the windows of the vehicle on the road.
The Peugeot 106 finally arrives in Tocane-Saint-Apre, it turns on a small path that leads to the river. Stuck, the three occupants get out of the car. The police catch up with one of them in the river, another remained near the car. The third, the driver, was arrested after sinking into brambles. The police discover thathe never passed the driver’s license.
Caught in the brambles at Tocane Saint-Apre
Placed in custody for lack of permit, and refusal to comply aggravated by endangering the lives of others, the 20-year-old admitted the facts. He was brought before the prosecution and presented before the prosecutor this Friday, May 27 in the afternoon for an appearance with prior admission of guilt.
The young man recently settled in the Dordogne. He has already been convicted, in particular for driving under narcotics. He was sentenced to five months in prison with probation for 18 months, 300 euros fine, 70 hours of community service, and he has the obligation to pass the driving license. The prosecution decided not to initiate proceedings against his two passengers.