A police car in Lille.
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DENIS CHARLET / AFP
The son of a commissioner from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), aged 18, was identified on videos at the wheel of his father's company car, driving at high speed and without a driver's license, according to the parquet.
The young man, who had borrowed the vehicle of number 2 of the departmental direction of public security (DDSP) of the department, was "in great speeding, since he was traveling at 120 km / h" on a portion limited to 50 km / h, said the city prosecutor on Tuesday, confirming information from
La Montagne
.
An investigation was opened in particular for "driving without a license".
Identified on videos relayed by the regional daily, the young man should be taken into custody in the coming days.
He was traveling at high speed
Two videos show the driver, dressed in a red sweater, driving at high speed at night, all sirens blaring, filmed on a cell phone by a passenger in the vehicle.
On one of them, a comment appears when the vehicle crosses a speed reducer in a zone limited to 30 km / h: “When you take a speed hump at 120, it gives that.
"" He's completely crazy!
», Then launches the passenger.
Another video shows the same driver in the vehicle traveling very fast through the city streets at night and running several red lights.
A voice then imitates a policeman: "We have information on an individual heading towards Saint-Jacques [a district of Clermont-Ferrand], send a reinforcement team ..."
"Serious and intolerable" facts
"The question arises as to how he was able to recover the car" parked in the parking lot of the police station, while his father was on vacation, said the prosecutor.
A psychological expertise must be carried out because the young man was already prosecuted for similar facts.
On December 13, police spotted him after a dangerous pass, but he fled.
Arrested after a chase, he held up his father's business card.
He must appear on April 6 before the criminal court of Clermont-Ferrand for "driving a vehicle without a license", "endangering the life of others", "usurpation of title" and "refusal to comply".
"All light should be shed on these serious and intolerable facts which tarnish the image of the national police", declared the director of the DDSP, Arnaud Bavois, at
La Montagne
.
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