Hauts-de-Seine: IGPN investigation after the “collision” between a young person on a motorcycle and a police vehicle
The young man, hospitalized in serious condition, was not wearing a helmet and had been reported for rodeo
Quick Look
- An IGPN investigation was opened after the collision on Saturday in Chaville between a police vehicle and a 19-year-old young man on a motorcycle, hospitalized in serious condition.
- The Nanterre public prosecutor's office also opened an investigation into the behavior of the driver of the two-wheeler.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
A collision occurred on Saturday around 5:00 p.m. in Chaville between a police vehicle and a 19-year-old young man on a motorcycle. The young man was not wearing a helmet and had been reported for rodeo activities. An IGPN investigation concerns the actions of the police officers, and another investigation into the behavior of the driver of the two-wheeler was entrusted to Territorial Security.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the IGPN, the “police of police”, after the “collision” on Saturday in Chaville (Hauts-de-Seine) between a police vehicle and a young man of 19 on a motorbike, who was “hospitalized in serious condition”, the Nanterre prosecutor's office told AFP on Thursday.
According to a police source, the facts, revealed by BFMTV, occurred on Saturday around 5:00 p.m. in this town in western Paris. The young man was “hospitalized in serious condition”, but the Nanterre public prosecutor's office indicated on Thursday that it was “not able to communicate information relating to his state of health”. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet and had been “reported” for “rodeo acts”, “collided with a police vehicle and hit a barrier”, said the prosecution.
An investigation into “the maneuver carried out by the police”
The investigations entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police will focus on “the maneuver carried out by the police”, the same source indicated. The public prosecutor also opened an investigation “into the behavior of the driver of the two-wheeler”, entrusted to the Territorial Security. On Tuesday, activist against racism and police violence Assa Traoré explained on Instagram that the young man, Ylies, who “came out of the forest where he had just been riding a motorcycle”, was in a coma with a life-threatening prognosis.
The same day, the rebellious deputy Thomas Portes indicated on the same social network that he was “between life and death”. “Whatever the circumstances, the police mission is to protect, not to put a life in danger,” Assa Traoré said indignantly. The police source detailed on Sunday that the young man was injured in the face and was in absolute emergency, but did not see his life threatening. This source also claimed that the young man had maneuvered to escape but had hit a barrier and fallen, without mention of a collision with a police car.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The IGPN will issue conclusions on the maneuver carried out by the police
Likely · Within weeks
Territorial Security will issue conclusions on the behavior of the two-wheeler driver
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What is the young man's current state of health?
- Did a collision with the police vehicle actually take place?
- What conclusions will the IGPN and Territorial Security investigations draw?
