The facts took place at 00:40 this Saturday, March 05 road from Bénodet to Quimper between the mill of the bridge and the Citroën garage. Three police officers accompany a repairman in usual intervention. They’re towing a car hit by wild boars. Sector very frequented by these animals.
A chase begins
When towing the vehicle onto the recovery truck, a car traveling towards Quimper with one of the lights not working approaching the area at too high a speed for the circumstances. She don’t stop despite the very strong lights emitted by the flashing lights of the vehicles involved.
To protect themselves the three policemen and the convenience store then jump into the ditch to avoid being broke by this driver who fled by hitting the car of the night brigade.
The police in the ditch quickly come to their senses to begin the pursuit of the fugitive. They manage to intercept it a hundred meters away. Driving a 28-year-old man, heavily alcoholic, 1.70 g per liter of blood and under the influence of several narcotics. His license suspended immediately and his car immobilized.
He recognizes the facts
During his hearing at the beginning of the afternoon this Saturday, unknown law enforcement man, acknowledges the facts and explains that he did not see the police clearly when he went to a nightclub. He says he only saw luminous points. His night, he ends it in a drunk tank but comes out free. He will, however, be reconvened, as soon as the toxicological analyzes will be known.
The Quimper police say that since the reopening of nightclubs, drunken driving and on public roads have risen sharply. It calls for the greatest vigilance. Controls around nightclubs will be reinforced, explain the police.