A policeman run over by the driver of a stolen car in Quimper

A tragedy was narrowly avoided Tuesday evening in Quimper (Finistère).

At around 9:30 p.m., a team from the anti-crime brigade intervened to arrest the driver of a car reported stolen a little earlier, reports

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While the police were setting up a roadblock at a roundabout, the driver deliberately charged on one of the officers.

Seriously injured in the shoulder and legs, the policeman was taken to hospital.

He comes out with seven days of total incapacity for work.

The 19-year-old suspect fled after the crash.

He was arrested a few hours later and taken into police custody.

Very unfavorably known to the police, the young man fled the same day from the psychiatric center in the city where he had been admitted after threats with a bladed weapon, specifies

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Justice

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• Police

• Collision

• Miscellaneous

• Police officer

• Quimper