Police are still investigating the reason behind the accident. The driver fled the scene. His co-pilot, detained by the agents, has tested positive for alcohol and drugs.
One person has died and three others have been injured. seriously injured after crashing a car into the terrace of a restaurant near the Père-Lachaise cemetery in the French capital, Parison this Wednesday afternoon.
In turn, three other people are injured but in a minor condition. There would therefore be six injured in total. As reported by a member of the Paris Police Force to the television channel ‘BFM TV’, everything was an accident.
Positive on alcohol and drug test
Driver fled the scene after running over the people who were on the terrace. One of the passengers in the vehicle was arrested. The alcohol and drug test that the Police performed on him was positive.
“We heard a terrible noise and a car crashed directly into the terrace from the Ramus café,” declared a witness who was near the scene of the events to the state channel ‘TF1’.
“All the chairs flew around and there were people on the ground,” added a woman who was in the area just when the accident occurred. The agents talk about an “accident” because The terrorist motive has been ruled out.
All witnesses agree in their account of the events. “I saw how the car approached quickly and crashed against the Ramus terrace,” the manager of a nearby restaurant tells ‘Le Parisien’, her voice shaking.
“I ran out, I saw people on the ground, I saw the horror… I am totally confused, we have been here for 40 years, the street has always been quiet, what happened today is horrible,” the woman continues.
A has been deployed extensive police force in the area. They also went to the scene military and numerous fire trucks. Avenue du Père-Lachaise has been cordoned off and many residents They can’t return home for now.
