Tuesday, a 10-year-old child was arrested in Marquette-lez-Lille, in the North, driving a stolen car, we learned on Wednesday from the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP).
According to this source, the vehicle, stolen a week earlier in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, had been spotted by the police in the middle of the afternoon.
He was followed by the police, who were trying to intercept him.
He crashes the car in a parking lot and runs away on foot
But the driver fled and tried "by all means" to escape the police.
In his race, the fugitive hit the sidewalk, which resulted in the puncture of the two left wheels, according to the account of the DDSP.
He then headed into a parking lot and his car, a Peugeot 3008, crashed into a pole when he came out.
Abandoning his vehicle, the young boy finally fled on foot, before being arrested for "refusal to comply" and "concealing the vehicle".
It was once at the police station, while carrying out identity checks, that the police realized that the driver had just celebrated his tenth birthday.
He was handed over to "his civilly responsible", according to the DDSP.
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