A 27-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Rennes, after refusing to comply with a police check, we learned Sunday from the prosecution.
"The investigation made it possible to establish that the person concerned was alone at the time of the accident", specified the prosecutor.
A 27-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Rennes after refusing to comply with a police check, we learned Sunday from the prosecution.
Driving a 700 cm3 motorcycle, the young man was seen at 11:55 pm by the police "driving at high speed on the Quai de Châteaubriant", in the city center of Rennes, said Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc, in a message to the 'AFP.
"The person concerned was alone at the time of the accident"
He "did not mark the stop at the various" stop "of this axis and drove quickly", then did not stop at a red light, according to the magistrate.
"After activating their flashing light, the BAC (anti-crime brigade, editor's note) followed the motorcyclist in order to carry out his control. He refused to comply and continued on his way", added Philippe Astruc.
A little further, "the police noted the presence of the motorcycle on the ground and the individual motionless and unconscious. The call to the firefighters was immediate. On the spot the doctor of the SAMU could not resuscitate him. The death was noted. at 00:28 ", according to the same source.
"The investigation made it possible to establish, thanks in particular to several testimonies of residents, that the person concerned was alone at the time of the accident, the police officers having arrived on the spot only in a second time", specifies the prosecutor.
The victim "with some criminal record" was an employee of a transport company.
"The reasons for his presence in the city center during the time of the curfew and his behavior have not yet been established," added Philippe Astruc.
An autopsy has been ordered.