Essonne: A Motorist Refusing a Check Drags a Policeman 10 metres

A road check on the RN7 in Essonne ended with the arrest of a motorist.

On the night of Friday to Saturday, the police of Essonne (Île-de-France) carried out a road check on the RN7.

At Athis-Mons, they ask a motorist to stop. He refused to stop and be checked, hit a policeman and dragged him 10 metres.

Cette nuit à @athis_mons
les #policiers effectuaient un contrôle routier sur la #RN7.
Le conducteur d’1 🚘 refusait le contrôle, percutait un des #policiers, le traînant sur 10 M
La 🚘 était prise en charge. Au bout de 15 minutes le fuyard était interpellé. Il blessait 1👮‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/t13jfyGHOd
— Police Nationale 91 (@PoliceNat91) 1 June 2019

He then fled. The police chase after him and catch him after 15 minutes.

The man is stopped.

In total, two police officers were injured. the first has pain in the shoulder and knees and big burns on the arm. The second has a sprained ankle, burns and knee pain.