man dies after police chase

A man died Monday evening in Paris, Place de la Porte de Bagnolet (20th arrondissement), after a car chase with the police, franceinfo learned this Tuesday from a police source. Monday evening around 11:30 p.m., on the inner ring road in Paris, BAC police officers noticed that a car was driving dangerously, at high speed, between Porte de Pantin and Porte des Lilas. On board, four people. The police chased the vehicle and – again according to police sources – activated their flashing lights and siren.

The driver then fled to Porte de Vincennes, took Boulevard des Maréchaux and managed to outrun the police. The latter, around 11:45 p.m., noticed that the car had hit a tree at Porte de Bagnolet.

On site, emergency services provided first aid to the victims. They found that one of the two passengers in the back was dead. The driver and front passenger are conscious but polytraumatized. After being extricated, they were transported to hospital. Their vital prognosis is not in jeopardy. The fourth occupant of the car is on the run. The Judicial Accident Processing Service (STJA) is in charge of the investigation, specifies the Paris prosecutor’s office.