The very busy esplanade of the Hauts Marcouville district in Pontoise has been in mourning since August 5, 2022 evening. This Friday, around 9:15 p.m., two children – an 11-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy – were hit by a motocross during an urban rodeo in Pontoise in the Val d’Oise. The two victims were playing tag according to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) of Val-d’Oise when they were hit by a biker who fled. The latter would be from the same neighborhood as the children, according to police sources. The next day, in the early afternoon, the 18-year-old presented himself to the police station with his lawyer and “acknowledged the facts“, indicated the parquet floor of Pontoise.
“He had lost his cell phone. explains on BFMTV Franck Lebas, departmental secretary of Val d’Oise unit SGP Police. It was quite an important identifier. When you have this type of accident in a city, a few tongues loosen and the identity was revealed rather quickly. The pressure on the family made him turn himself in to the police.”
The girl presentshead trauma“. She was transported to the Necker hospital in Paris and operated on Saturday, her vital prognosis is engaged according to BFMTV. “If this child remains alive, she will have serious neurological sequelae“, specified the parquet floor of Pontoise. The boy has a fracture of the tibia-fibula. He was first transported to the hospital of Pontoise but his condition deteriorated and was airlifted to the hospital of Amiens . “His condition has stabilized“, continues this source. He also suffered “traumatic amnesia“, details the prosecution. The investigation opened for involuntary injury aggravated by the hit-and-run was entrusted to the Cergy-Pontoise police station.
In the department of Val-d’Oise since the beginning of April, 534 interventions have been recorded for urban rodeos. Thirty-seven people were arrested and 34 motorcycles were seized, according to figures from the DDSP. On June 8, a 19-year-old young man died after being hit by a motorcycle during an urban rodeo in Rennes. A 2018 law strengthening the law against motorized rodeos provides penalties of up to 5 years in prison for their perpetrators.