Paris: several people hit by a car on a terrace, what we know

One dead and several injured, including three seriously, are at risk. deplore. The driver was intoxicated and intoxicated. at the time of the tragedy. He fled.

• Wednesday evening, around 7:30 p.m., a car hit several people who were on the terrace of the restaurant Le Ramus, 6 avenue du Père Lachaise, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
• The provisional report shows one dead and six injured, including three in absolute emergency, with a life-threatening prognosis, and three in relative urgency. 
• After the accident, the driver allegedly fled the scene while his passenger was arrested. It appears that both individuals were under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

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20:50 – A large police presence and a unit mine clearance team sent to the scene

As reported by several media outlets, the avenue du Père Lachaise, where the accident took place, was cordoned off after the tragedy, preventing many residents from returning home. A large police force was quickly deployed on site. Soldiers from Operation Sentinelle went to the scene, explains Le Parisien, but also a mine clearance unit, notes Le Figaro, surely to rule out the theory of the terrorist attack while the Paris Olympics begin in ten days.

20:45 – The terrorist thesis is dismissed ?

Very quickly, a police source informed à different media, including Le Figaro, that the driver was apparently under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. In the tense context that we are experiencing, à a few days before the start of the Paris Olympic Games, the terrorist theory has so far not been at all confirmed. mentioned. It appears that the driver may have lost control of his vehicle. due to his drunken state.

According to information from < em>Figaro, in addition to the six people injured, three of whom are in absolute emergency and three in relative emergency, one person would also have lost their life in ;nbsp;the accident that occurred on the Ramus terrace this Wednesday evening. Furthermore, no less than 23 witnesses are said to be in a state of shock and to have been killed. taken care of by emergency services. 

20:36 – "I saw a horror" : the poignant testimony of the manager of a neighboring restaurant

She witnessed the incident à the scene. From the Parisien, a manager of a neighboring restaurant confides that she "saw the car arrive quickly and rush onto the terrace of the Ramus". And to continue: "I left running. I saw people on the ground, I saw a horror…hellip; I'm confused. Çwe have been here for forty years, the street has always beené calm, it's horrible."

20:31 – A man on the run, another arrest& eacute;

Always according to information from the Parisian, the driver of the vehicle, who hit the people on the terrace of avenue du Père Lachaise, apparently fled after the accident. His passenger, on the other hand, would have been stopped. It would be positive à alcohol as well as drugs. 

20:27 – Three people in absolute emergency

The results are only provisional à this stage. But according to information from Parisien, six people were reportedly killed. injured during the accident on avenue du Père Lachaise. Three people are said to be in absolute emergency, with their vital prognosis compromised, and three others in relative emergency. 

20: 24 – Several people hit on a terrace in the 20th arrondissement of Paris

A car hit a car several people this Wednesday evening, around 7:30 p.m. while they were on the terrace of the restaurant Le Ramus, located in Paris. at 6 avenue du Père Lachaise, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.