What started as an attempted traffic stop for allegedly running a red light ended as a dramatic four-car pile-up leaving 13 people injured.
French police tried to stop a vehicle in the 14th arrondissement in southern Paris at about 5.45am yesterday, but the force said the vehicle refused to stop.
Three police cars chased the vehicle which dramatically smashed into a traffic light, leading to a horrific chain reaction where each of the police cars crashed into the back of the wreckage, causing a huge pile-up.
Incredible pictures and video show one of the police vehicles on top of the suspect vehicle, its back wheels hanging in the air over the severely damaged remains of the black car.
A second police car behind had its entire front end destroyed, with the third police car rear-ending the second.
There were 10 police officers and three others injured in the smash, MailOnline reports.
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All 10 officers were briefly hospitalised for minor injuries, Paris chief of police Laurent Nunez said, but they were discharged by early afternoon.
He praised their ‘courage and composure’, also told reporters that visibility during the pursuit was ‘quite poor’.
Three people aged between 19 and 30 have been detained following the crash, Mr Nunez said, and two of them have police records. He did not provide any other details.
Prosecutors said they suspected the driver was intoxicated at the time of the chase.
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