A chase that could have ended very badly.
Friday morning, the Villeurbanne (Rhône) police officers had a hard time stopping a 17-year-old teenager, spotted at the wheel of a car that did not have a technical control sticker.
The boy, ordered to park his vehicle, began to accelerate to sow the patrol, we learned this Monday from the Lyon police.
Driving at high speed and taking the direction of Chassieu, the young man ran through several red lights and chained roundabouts in the wrong direction.
The police finally let go "for the sake of safety".
This did not prevent them from finding the fugitive a few minutes later since he was embedded in the fence of a company.
The "virulent" teenager has "never ceased to struggle", specifies the Sûreté du Rhône.
Investigators discovered during his police custody that he was 17 years old and that he did not actually hold a driver's license.
Presented the next day to the juvenile prosecutor's office, he was released.
A judicial investigation has been opened.
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