two policemen hit one by a car, the other by a scooter, in two separate cases

In the North, Tuesday, November 2, two police officers were hit, one by a car, the other by a scooter, in two separate cases, Franceinfo learned from a police source on Wednesday.

The first case takes place in the sensitive area of ​​the Pont de Bois in Villeneuve d’Ascq, explains a police source to franceinfo. Around 4 p.m., a police officer of the CRS21 repeats a two-wheeler traveling without a license plate and wants to intercept it. The driver refuses to comply and collides with the policeman who falls to the ground. He uses tear gas to stop the driver who loses control of his two-wheeler and injures his hand in his fall.

The police officer lodged a complaint, the arrested driver was taken into custody for willful violence with a weapon by destination on a police officer. A little later, in the evening, around midnight on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the Villeneuve-d’Ascq police station was the target of fireworks mortars, Franceinfo learned from a police source and according to France Bleu Nord. . These fireworks mortars were, according to the first elements, launched by 10 to 15 individuals around midnight. No injuries are to be deplored.

An investigation is open and it will have to determine “if there is a cause and effect link” with the call of the driver of the scooter, indicates the DDSP. The “increased police presence“in the neighborhood can also serve as an explanation,” she adds.

In the evening, still in this northern department, another policeman was accidentally hit by a car around 7:30 p.m. in Roubaix, while he was in full intervention, specifies France Bleu Nord. The police official was chasing after a motorist who refused to obey and crossed the road as a young girl drove up and crashed into him. He was only slightly injured in the tailbone, according to the Alliance 59 police union, despite a very impressive video on Twitter where the officer is seen being hit.