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Marseille crash: one dead after car driven into bus shelters Marseille crash: one dead after car driven into bus shelters
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At least one person has died and another has been injured after a car was driven into two bus shelters in Marseille. One person has died and another injured after a car was driven into two bus shelters in Marseille.
French police said the vehicle mounted the pavement in the 13th arrondissement in the north of the city at about 9am on Monday, hitting and injuring one person. The car’s driver was arrested after the crashes, which French authorities say they are not treating as terror-related for now.
An hour later, the same vehicle crashed into a second bus shelter in the 11th arrondissement, a few miles south, killing one person. Police said the vehicle mounted the pavement in the 13th arrondissement in the north of the city at about 8.15am on Monday, hitting and injuring a 29-year-old person.
The driver was arrested and police and soldiers attended the scene. “At the moment we have no information on the motives of this individual,” a police official told Reuters. About 45 minutes later, the same vehicle crashed into a second bus shelter in the 11th arrondissement, about six miles away, killing a 42-year-old woman who was waiting for the bus in front of a fast-food restaurant.
Officers spotted the vehicle in the Vieux Port area of the city, where they arrested the driver, a 35-year-old man known to the police for “acts of minor delinquency”. The vehicle was then spotted in the Vieux Port area of the city, where officers stopped it and arrested the driver, a 35-year-old man known to the police for “acts of minor delinquency”.
BFMTV reported that the vehicle was a stolen Renault Espace and that the driver was said to have “psychological problems”. Police advised locals and tourists to keep away from the area.BFMTV reported that the vehicle was a stolen Renault Espace and that the driver was said to have “psychological problems”. Police advised locals and tourists to keep away from the area.
Julien Ravier, the mayor of the 11th and 12th arrondissement, told BFMTV that the victim was a woman in her 40s who was waiting alone at the stop. “It happened very quickly – 15-20 seconds. It had to be deliberate,” one witness who saw the vehicle hit and kill the woman told BFMTV.
The incident came as Spanish police continued their search for the 22-year-old driver who ploughed a van into a crowd in Barcelona on Thursday. David Reverdy, the deputy regional secretary of the Alliance police union in Marseille, also said the act appeared to be intentional. “The distance between the bus shelters and the distance of the route lead us to believe the driver was determined,” he said.
More details soon … “However, it’s fair to ask ourselves why these two areas? There were few shops open at that time and if he (the driver) wanted to cause deaths and injuries or carnage, there are other areas in Marseille and other times. This will be for the detectives to establish in interviewing the driver to understand his motives.”
A week ago in a Paris suburb a driver rammed his vehicle into the terrace of a pizzeria, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring several others, including the girl’s young brother.
The crash came as Spanish police continued their search for the 22-year-old driver who ploughed a van into a crowd in Barcelona on Thursday.