the driver of the second vehicle tested positive for alcohol and cannabis

The driver who died in the collision between his vehicle and a police car on Sunday May 21 at Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Nord) was positive for alcohol and cannabis, learned France Télévisions from a police source. His blood alcohol level was 2.08 gr / l, and the investigation also revealed the presence of cannabis products in his body, said the same source to France Télévisions. The serious accident caused the death of three police officers from the Roubaix police station (North), and seriously injured two passengers.

The accident took place while police-rescue officials were accompanying a victim, a minor, to the hospital, France Télévisions had learned on Sunday morning from a police source. “The days of the transported victim are no longer in danger”, said the director general of the national police, Frédéric Veaux. She had been transferred “in absolute urgency” Sunday morning to the Roger-Salengro hospital in Lille. According to the first elements of the investigation, the vehicle which struck that of the police officers was driving in the wrong direction. The vital prognosis of a passenger in the second vehicle remained engaged, late Sunday afternoon.

A national tribute will be paid to the young police officers who died in the accident. “We will see with the families so that a tribute is paid here in Roubaix” by the weekend, said Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, on Monday, adding that he would preside over the ceremony. “So that in all the police stations in France, in all the gendarmerie brigades, in all the prefectures and sub-prefectures and for all those who wish it in all the town halls of France, we can have a thought for these three young police officers”he added.