The run did not last long. Tuesday, August 9 in the middle of the afternoon, police bikers are carrying out checks on the descent of the Lyon road, at the entrance to Boulazac, when they see a man in a Citroën C3 who is on the phone while driving. A motorcyclist turns on the flashing lights and orders him to stop, but the man refuses. There followed a headlong rush which ended in handcuffs on the wrist for this forty-year-old from Thiviers.
The driver accelerates, and takes the direction of the suburban districts of the avenue de la Résistance. He rushes at 90 km / h on a road at 50, carefully followed by the police motorcyclists who have activated the siren. At the roundabout on rue Marguerite Duras, there lose control, miss the exitand ends up in the grass.
He cut his thigh while climbing barbed wire
The man fled on foot and climbed the fence of a private garden. Bad luck, the barrier has barbed wire, the man hurts his hands, he even cuts himself quite deeply in his thigh. Meanwhile, police bikers circle the property and call for reinforcements. Surrounded, the man comes out of his hiding place. The police put handcuffs on him.
After a brief visit to the emergency room to treat his injuries, the man admits the facts in police custody. Aged 42, this resident of Thiviers is already known to the police. He will go before the Public Prosecutor, as part of an appearance with prior admission of guilt in November.