A national police car (illustration). - Clément Follain / 20 Minutes

A policeman hung on a car door, was dragged for nearly two kilometers in the night from Thursday to Friday, in Montpellier, learned 20 Minutes from the national police.

The grievor wanted to control a car in which there were four people, who was swerving on the road. However, the driver refused to comply and, after pretending to stop, restarted suddenly. Other reinforcing police then used a Diva (Intervention device for motor vehicles), a kind of modern and handy harrow, to stop the vehicle.

Driver injured by gunshot

While one of them rushed to challenge the driver by breaking the window, the latter accelerated again ... causing the official hung on the door, reports the same source. Over nearly two kilometers, he tried to make it fall by increasing swerves and trying to crush it against another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The driver of this second vehicle narrowly avoided him.

Finally, in order to put an end to this crazy ride, a police officer used his weapon, injuring the driver on the shoulder and legs. The police officer suffered from multiple bruises.

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