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Julien Damboise
Published July 7, 2026 at 3:32 pm.
INFORMATION ABOUT LYON. A unusual chase took place this Monday, July 6, 2026, in the Lyon metropolitan area. An unknown person stole a van west of the capital of Gaul, and then tried to evade police by taking huge risks. Here’s what we know.
Caravan stolen in Dardilly
According to our data, it all started in the city of Dardilly, a few kilometers west of Lyon, at the beginning of the day. The applicant contacted the police to warn stealing his car : camper.
Soon, troops were sent on the trail of the accused. Individual easy to spot on the roads agglomeration. But the suspect was not going to stop; he chose to speed up, trying to evade arrest.
Wild chase
Gendarmes and police pursued the driver, who took all the risk. A pursue a great distanceas witnessed by a road user who encountered a dangerous convoy about twenty kilometers from Dardilly, on the side of the southern city boulevard in the direction of Venissier.
The caravan drove at full speed along the emergency lane, heading towards the Mingets area, followed by a patrol of gendarmes and police, and then returned to the boulevard in the other direction.
Witness to the chase
With reinforcements arriving, the driver was finally stopped by police in the town of Saint-Fonds. The driver, about 30 years old, was immediately detained.
He was placed in police custody at the Dardilly gendarmerie, according to the source, and was to be questioned as part of an open investigation. The military is investigating.
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