The gendarmes had to try to form a traffic jam to stop an extremely dangerous driver, on the night of Friday 5 to Saturday 6 November on the A7 motorway.
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, this vehicle was indeed traveling in the opposite direction, near Chasse-sur-Rhône (Isère), and in the direction of Marseille.
The CRS quickly began to pursue him, as did the Chanas gendarmes, who wanted to avoid the worst by thus creating this slowdown on the A7 to intercept this crazy driving man.
"The information was relayed on radio station 107.7, as well as on variable message signs, which made it possible to alert many truck drivers who took part in forming the traffic jam with our gendarmes", underlines Lieutenant Hadrien Mathivat , commander of the motorized platoon of Chanas.
Motorists have filed a complaint for the psychological shock suffered
It was near Saint-Prim (Isère) that the 26-year-old driver ended his chase, marked by the passage of a motorway toll in the wrong direction, being blocked by the gendarmes.
"Miraculously, no accident is to be deplored," says the gendarmerie.
The young man arrested and taken into custody turned out to be under the influence of alcohol (more than 1.30 g), driving an Audi A3 stolen an hour earlier in his town of Saint -Maurice-l'Exil (Isère).
Motorists have filed a complaint for the psychological shock suffered and the suspect was released after his custody, with a summons for a hearing in March 2022 at the judicial court in Vienna.
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Isère: To escape the customs officers, he drives the wrong way on the A7 then abandons his Audi with 100 kg of cannabis
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Vaucluse: To escape the gendarmes, it rolls in the opposite direction at 150 km / h instead of 80 km / h
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