Overview

• The Mercedes, clocked at about 180 km/h on Toulouse’s périphérique limited to 90 km/h, ignored gendarme orders to stop and triggered an hour-long motorcycle pursuit.
• The fleeing vehicle collided with a family’s car in Colomiers, flipping it and seriously injuring a mother and her 10-year-old daughter.
• Two other children aged 12 and 13 suffered minor injuries and none of the victims face life-threatening conditions.
• The driver escaped on foot after the crash and gendarmerie canine brigades are scouring the area in an active manhunt.
• Investigators recovered the suspect’s mobile phone at the scene and are conducting digital forensics to gather leads.