The IGPN on Thursday dismissed any responsibility of the police in the scooter accident that cost the life of his young driver Monday night in Grenoble during a check for a traffic offense, said the prosecution of Grenoble.
"No contact between the police vehicle and the scooter"
"It appears from the findings made by the brigade of road accidents and offenses, the police station of Grenoble, then by the IGPN", the General Inspectorate of the National Police, "that there was no contact between the vehicle police and the scooter, "said state prosecutor Eric Vaillant. "The investigation makes it possible to conclude that the police were out of the question in their intervention," he said.
The IGPN was seized Tuesday to clarify the circumstances of this accident that had occurred the day before on a large artery of the city, during a police check to which the victim, aged 21, had tried to escape . The driver, who had just burned a red light and made a "forbidden half-turn on a bridge" on the handlebars of his 125cc, dropped heavily around 22:30 on a bike path while he fled "with great speed ", according to the parquet. "A scooter's braking track of 8 meters was noted, followed by an equivalent distance of shifting.The pilot was certainly afraid of a block of cement on the bike path, on which are fixed directional signs ".
Cannabis, electronic bracelet and driving without a license
Wearing a helmet "semi-bowl little protector", the young man had been transported in critical condition to the hospital. He died there Tuesday evening after being declared brain dead. An autopsy performed Thursday morning has established that he had "recently used cannabis" addiction for which "he had followed cures," said Éric Vaillant, citing the young man's mother. Known for justice, he wore an electronic bracelet at the time of the accident. He did not have a license to drive the scooter.
In March, the district of Mistral in Grenoble had experienced several nights of riots after the death of two young people of the city of 17 and 19, killed by scooter trying to escape the police. The victims were traveling without a helmet on a stolen, unplated big-scooter when they were killed by hitting a bus, while a vehicle from the crime squad followed them.