North: Gérald Darmanin expected in Roubaix after a collision which left four dead including three police officers

Sunday, May 21, four people died, including three police officers, in a collision on a departmental road in the North between a police car and another vehicle. “The Minister of the Interior is expected on site at 11 a.m. on Monday morning to express his support for the police officers of the police station. Because the emotion is strong here in Roubaix (North), the city to which the three deceased police officers were attached. They were 24 to 25 years old.”says journalist Elsa Assalit, live from Roubaix.

A psychological unit set up

“They were enthusiastic and willing people according to their colleagues. A psychological unit has been set up. The precise circumstances of the accident have yet to be clarified, but according to the first elements of the investigation, it seems that the vehicle which hit the police car was traveling in the wrong direction. This is a hypothesis that still needs to be confirmed. The two occupants of the car were known unfavorably to the police and justice services”adds Elsa Assalit.