“There is this beautiful slogan here: 'Friendly Island'. However, this magnificent expression is sometimes undermined by certain individuals and such was the case on Sunday ”, regrets the prefect of Saint-Martin about the accident involving a two-wheeler and a gendarme, the latter having been seriously injured. .

As a reminder, “a group of around thirty motorcycles traveled in the opposite direction rue de Hollande and at the roundabout in Bellevue, one of the pilots deliberately struck a gendarme who was visible. The gendarme made a gliding flight of two to three meters. The driver of the two-wheeler did not stop, the whole group continued to drive towards the Dutch side, only two pilots turned around but did not stop and left by the rue de Hollande ”, explains the general Thierry Renard, commander of the gendarmerie forces of Guadeloupe and the northern islands. He came today especially from Guadeloupe to show his support and hold a press conference alongside Commander Basso, the Prefect and Colonel Olivier Fischoeder.

The soldier was injured in the head. Seeing the scene, a doctor stopped and brought first aid while waiting for the firefighters. The gendarme, a 52-year-old mobile chief warrant officer belonging to the Auxerre squadron, married and father of two children, was transported to the Louis-Constant Fleming hospital in serious condition - examinations showed "traces of blood in the head ”- but his prognosis was not guaranteed. "If, in falling, his head had hit the sidewalk, he would probably have died," General Renard specifies.

At this stage of the investigation, fed for the moment with videos and testimonies, the author of the facts has not yet been identified. If he happens to be a citizen of Sint Maarten, international cooperation measures will be put in place between the two prosecutors of the island.

“I would like to get the following message across: May this individual come to terms with this Friendly Island slogan by apologizing to the injured Chief Warrant Officer. May he have the courage to apologize and go see the gendarmes. This is also the friendly side… That he is human, ”added the prefect Serge Gouteyron. “This island has a history and I'm starting to understand it, you have to respect it and those who built it,” he said. And to add: "if the runs continue, it is the attractive side of the island that will suffer."

In addition, General Renard and Commander Basso announced a strengthening of controls. “Everywhere in the world there is a highway code with common traffic rules. A group cannot take ownership of the road, ”insists the general.

(soualigapost.com)

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