Overview
- Lucas Voignier, a 31-year-old motorcycle officer, was struck by a car in Leyr during an interception maneuver Saturday and died despite medical care.
- Early findings from the inquiry indicate the collision was not deliberate and likely followed a failure to yield at a crossroads.
- The patrol had been checking a heavy truck for a traffic offense when the crash occurred, and the truck then slipped the control and is being sought.
- The car that hit the gendarme carried two elderly occupants who suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital.
- The Interior Minister and the national gendarmerie confirmed his death, identified him as from the Seichamps motor unit, and said investigators are establishing the full sequence and tracing any vehicle that evaded the stop.