“There must have been extraordinary violence,” complained Abdel. The forty-year-old driver passed in the evenings Monday to Tuesday, near the Esso service station located in Pierrelaye, along the A15 motorway, towards Rouen. This is where a car crashed into a truck trailer parked at the entrance to the rest area. Both occupants of the vehicle died. It could be a car that tried to escape police inspection the night before.
Emergency services were alerted at around 9.30pm. When they arrived at the location, they found the two victims trapped in the vehicle and almost dead. His death would be discovered some time later by doctor Smur. Firefighters managed to evacuate two victims. They deployed 12 people, four machines for more than 4 hours.
This Citroën DS3 vehicle is similar to another vehicle that police officers saw a few minutes earlier, driving in the Patte d’oie d’Herblay area. Seeing the car driving with all the lights off, the police tried to carry out an inspection. That’s when the DS3 fled and entered the highway at high speed, zigzagging through traffic.
Police chose to abandon the pursuit due to excessive vehicle speed and weather conditions. They continued their journey until the intersection with N 184 then decided to turn around. As they drive on the A15 towards Paris, a radio message informs them that there has been a violent accident at the Esso service station.
The investigation should determine whether it is the same vehicle
“An investigation entrusted to CRS highways has been opened to determine the cause of the accident,” said the Pontoise prosecutor’s office. At this stage, the Public Prosecutor cannot confirm that the vehicle is the same as the vehicle that was refused police inspection.
“The accident occurred after police who were trying to control a moving vehicle with all lights off lost sight of the vehicle and stopped the pursuit,” the prosecutor added. Some time later, the staff learned that a fatal accident had occurred in the gas station area. Several kilometers separate the place where the police service ended the accident, the investigation must confirm whether it is indeed the same vehicle. »
Abdel, who passed by shortly after the accident, was still clearly visible at the scene. “His car was reduced by half. He was stuck in the rear left corner of the semi-trailer on the driver’s side,” he recalled. This was also marked by the large number of police and emergency vehicles deployed to the location. “I’ve never seen a device like that,” he explained. He immediately understood that the occupants of the vehicle had lost their lives. “I said to myself: How is this possible? “I’m fed up,” he added.
