The driver of the other vehicle involved in the head-on collision in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France, in which four people, including three police officers, died, was found to be under the influence of alcohol and cannabis. Moreover, he would have driven in the wrong direction. That reports BFMTV.
The 25-year-old driver was killed in the head-on collision, as were three young police officers: Manon (24), Steven (25) and Paul (25). The young man had previously been charged with driving under the influence of cannabis.
His passenger tried to attack the firefighters who rushed to their aid after the accident. The latter have already reported this. The injured man was then rushed to Lille hospital.
Another person, a 16-year-old girl who was also in the police squad, was seriously injured in the accident. The police officers wanted to take her to hospital on Sunday morning to be seen by a forensic doctor when the drama unfolded.
It came to a head-on collision on the RD 700 near Villeneuve-d’Ascq, near the Belgian border. According to the initial elements of the investigation, the collision occurred when the driver of the civilian vehicle drove against the direction.
The Lille public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation for manslaughter and involuntary injury. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin went to Roubaix police station on Monday morning to express his support to the police.
Three police officers die in a head-on collision just across the Belgian border, occupants of the oncoming vehicle are no strangers to justice
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