The collision was quite violent between the two cars. This Friday evening around 10 p.m., a police car hit another vehicle at the intersection of rue de Besançon and rue du Lycée in Pontarlier. The impact was on the left side of the 50-year-old man’s car. At the time of the accident, the police were driving to intervene _“emergency”_on the scene of a very violent brawl according to the public prosecutor of Besançon, Etienne Manteaux.
The victim would have burned an orange light.
The flashing lights of the police car were on as well as the siren. The audio recordings of the intervention confirm this version given by the police. According to witnesses, the 50-year-old driver ran an orange light at the same time the police ran a red light as part of their intervention.
The vital prognosis of the victim, very seriously injured, is engaged. One of the police officers present in the vehicle suffered a broken elbow. The analyzes of alcohol and narcotics tests carried out on the police and proved to be negative. The results of toxicological analyzes on the 50-year-old have not yet been communicated.
The investigation was entrusted to the urban security of Besançon.