Impressive refusal to comply in Colomiers (31): a woman and her three children hit, two seriously injured. The driver fled on foot and is being sought (Update: the injured, an American family, are doing better)
Late Saturday morning, July 26, the father of the American family was contacted. He told La Dépêche that he did not wish to comment, but that the injured were doing better and had been able to return home.
The driver, who was driving a rental car with German license plates, is still being sought by police and has not yet been identified. Investigators are currently examining the fugitive's cell phone, which has been recovered. (…)
They were on their way to their holiday destination, their vehicle being heavily laden with luggage and bicycles on board, witnesses report. (…)
[…]The chain of events began with a typical traffic stop. Around 4 p.m., motorcycle police spotted a German-registered Mercedes 4x4 speeding on the Toulouse ring road. The radar recorded a significant speeding violation. Law enforcement officers then attempted to stop the driver to check his license and vehicle insurance. But the driver refused to comply and sped off.
[…] Heavy traffic made any accident potentially tragic. This is what happened shortly before 5 p.m.: a car carrying a family was violently struck. […]🚨🇫🇷 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 — A woman and three children aged 10 to 13 were INJURED after being hit by a reckless driver during a REFUSAL TO OBEY order in Colomiers, near Toulouse. The woman and her 10-year-old daughter are in ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.
A Mercedes registered in… pic.twitter.com/f0rivePVaj
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