Man suspected of hitting a police officer in his car surrendered

The national police (illustration).

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He is suspected of having struck a police officer on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.

A man born in 1981 and who was the subject of a file in the Wanted Persons File (FPR) went, this Monday, to the departmental security of 'Essonne, accompanied by a lawyer, learns

from a source policewoman, confirming information from BFM TV.

This man, unfavorably known to the police, had been identified by investigators as the driver of the car which ran over an agent in Savigny-sur-Orge, seriously injuring him.

The facts took place around 1:30 a.m.

A crew of the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) wanted to check the identity of people considered "suspicious near a vehicle that turned out to be stolen", according to the prosecution.

The driver then started "suddenly" and "hit" a police brigadier-chief, "before running over him to flee," detailed the prosecutor of Evry, Caroline Nisand, in a statement.

The 40-year-old victim suffers from a broken leg and head trauma.

He had been taken to hospital in serious condition.

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