Overview
- A 22-year-old riding an electric trottinette was critically injured after striking a CRS van in the Pommeraie neighborhood of Rennes on Friday evening, leaving him in a coma with his life prognosis engaged.
- The prosecutor’s early reconstruction says the rider followed the CRS van while insulting its occupants, overtook a car at speed, looked back and did not see the van returning before the collision, and that the van driver tried to avoid the impact.
- Investigators have begun formal steps including auditioning all police officers who were present, searching for witnesses—particularly the driver of the car that was overtaken—and collecting available video from the trottinette’s route.
- The street where the crash occurred lacks fixed surveillance cameras, so authorities are piecing together footage from adjacent points and the trottinette’s trajectory to establish the exact sequence.
- The case highlights the investigative and road-safety challenges created by widespread electric-scooter use, as authorities may rely more on scattered CCTV and witness testimony to resolve similar collisions.