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Franck Lodi

The "police" are now looking into the serious scooter accident of a 13-year-old Lyon teenager, currently in a coma.

The prosecution has just announced the opening of an investigation entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), in a "concern for transparency and impartiality" on the circumstances of this accident that occurred Wednesday in the La Duchère district (Lyon 9th).

This resulted in clashes between young people from the same neighborhood and the police on Thursday evening, accused by some residents of being involved in the accident, the prosecution announced on Friday.

"12 people, 8 adults and 4 minors, were arrested and placed in police custody," said the prosecution, the day after the urban violence that broke out in La Duchère, including six vehicles burned according to the Rhône prefecture.

The town hall indicated Thursday that these tensions "followed" the accident on Wednesday which led to the hospitalization of a 13-year-old, who was not wearing a helmet on his scooter.

The teenager's vital prognosis is still engaged on Friday, adds the prosecution, which has therefore opened an investigation into "research into the causes of injuries" to determine "the exact circumstances of this accident".

The rector condemned the violence on Thursday

Young people from the neighborhood ensure that the scooter was pursued by an unmarked police car, which the prefecture has formally denied on social networks.

In a tweet, she "denied the #FakeNews suggesting that the police would be involved in a scooter accident that occurred yesterday".

"Conversely, the police intervened to secure the perimeter of the accident following a call to 17," she added.

The violence having taken place near the Lycée La Martinière-Duchère, the rectorate of Lyon announced in a press release that classes would be suspended this Friday "for the day, to allow time for discussion with the teams".

The rector Olivier Dugrip condemned "with firmness the facts which took place and which endangered the safety of the pupils and the staff" of this establishment and its boarding school.

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