One particular person has died and a number of other others are injured after a automotive ploughed into the terrace of a restaurant in Paris on Wednesday.
District Mayor Eric Pliez mentioned all these injured had been prospects of the cafe.
The motive force initially fled the scene, within the French capital’s twentieth arrondissement, however was later arrested, officers added.
A doable motive was not instantly clear, however a police supply informed AFP information company that it could have been a visitors accident.
France is on excessive safety alert forward of the Olympic Video games, which kick off in Paris in 9 days’ time.
Earlier, police cordoned off the world near the place the automotive crashed, which French media mentioned was Le Ramus restaurant on the nook of Avenue du Père-Lachaise and Rue Ramus.
The incident happened at 19:30 native time (17:30 GMT).
A passenger from the automotive was reported to have examined optimistic for alcohol consumption. There was no point out of the motive force’s situation in native reviews.
Police and emergency providers remained on the scene on Wednesday night.
