The accident took place at 14:30 on Tuesday on Boulevard de Ménilmontant, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris . A 5 year old Romanian national was overthrown and died on the spot, under the eyes of his mother and aunt.
The two women crossed the first a protected passage and then motioned the child to join them. That’s when he crossed it in turn was overthrown by a pickup truck, said the police headquarters in Paris.
He died on the spot, despite the efforts of relief. According to the first elements of the investigation, the driver and passenger of the van fled on foot after abandoning the van not far away. It has not been reported stolen, said the source close to the investigation.
The mayor of Paris has sent “sincere condolences” to the family of the child
“The two Vehicle occupants fled after the accident. I trust the police so that they are quickly identified and agreed, that should be established as soon as the exact circumstances of this tragedy, “the mayor of Paris said Anne Hidalgo, in a statement, addressing his “sincere condolences” to the family of the victim.
However, another police source underlines that several witnesses of the incident are contradictory, some saying that the van was not involved in the accident.
The police headquarters has denied that the child was fleeing a police intervention to disperse vendors as claimed by the media. “There was no current eviction operation” and “the child was not running away but went instead to the place where vendors were located,” said the press service of the police Department.
The investigation was entrusted to the judicial Processing Service police headquarters accidents.
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