A 16-year-old teenager riding a scooter died on the evening of Tuesday, November 11 in Tourcoing (North) due to a fall after the two-wheeled vehicle hit a pole, AFP learned from the Lille prosecutor’s office and trade union sources, confirming information from Northern Voices. According to the first element of the investigation, “refusal to comply with Tourcoing city police crew” would have been carried out by this scooter moments before the crash, Lille prosecutor Samuel Finielz told AFP. 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 Samuel Finielz. 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 at around 7pm, in Tourcoing town centre. 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 CRS sections was present at the location on Tuesday evening, ICI radio recorded in the evening.
