Urban rodeo: a biker admits to having mowed down two children, vital prognosis for the little girl

The facts took place around 9:15 p.m. while the children, “a 10-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy were playing tag” on the esplanade in the Hauts Marcouville district in Pontoise, indicates the Departmental Security Directorate (DDSP) of Val-d’Oise. The two children were hit by a motorcyclist who fled. The latter would be from the same neighborhood as the children, according to police sources. On Saturday, an 18-year-old man showed up at the police station in the early afternoon and was taken into custody. He admitted to having knocked down and seriously injured the two children. The investigation opened for involuntary injury aggravated by the hit-and-run was entrusted to the Cergy-Pontoise police station. The girl has “a head trauma with neurological sequelae”, indicates a police source. She was taken to Necker Hospital in Paris. “If this child remains alive, she will have heavy neurological sequelae,” said the Pontoise prosecutor’s office. The boy has a tibia-fibula fracture. He was first transported to Pontoise hospital but his condition deteriorated and was airlifted to Amiens hospital. “His condition has stabilized”, continues this source. He also suffered “traumatic amnesia”, details the prosecution. Scourge In the department of Val-d’Oise since the beginning of April, 534 interventions have been recorded for urban rodeos. Thirty-seven people were arrested and 34 motorcycles were seized, according to figures from the DDSP. On June 8, a 19-year-old died after being hit by a motorcycle during an urban rodeo in Rennes. A 2018 law strengthening the law against motorized rodeos provides for penalties of up to 5 years imprisonment for their perpetrators.