In Tourcoing, in the North, a 16-year-old teenager riding a scooter died on Tuesday evening, November 11, due to a fall that occurred shortly after refusing to obey the city police, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has learned, confirming information from Northern Voices.
According to the first element of the investigation presented to AFP by Lille prosecutor Samuel Finielz, “refusal to comply with crews from the city of Tourcoing police” will be done by this scooter moments before the accident.
City police officer “let’s say they were about 150 meters from the scooter at the time of the accident”he explained. He “There does not appear to be a third party directly involved” in the fall, the young driver had “hit a pole while walking in the wrong direction and trying to avoid a private vehicle coming from the other direction”added Mr. Finielz.
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An investigation into manslaughter was opened and entrusted to the territorial crime division of Lille, to determine “the true circumstances of this accident”.
According to union sources, the accident occurred around 7 p.m. on Tuesday in downtown Tourcoing. City police tried to control two people riding scooters, who were suspected of committing traffic violations, these sources said.
A police force consisting of two sections of the CRS was present at the location on Tuesday evening, he said.
