The 11-year-old that died on Monday evening after the e-scooter he was riding was involved in a collision with a police car was fleeing from the police. In a statement given on Tuesday morning the Brussels prosecutor’s office said that the police had wanted to carry out an identity check on the boy, but he had fled aboard the e-scooter into the park. A police car followed him into the Elisabeth Park.The boy died of a head injury sustained when he fell off the e-scooter after it had been hit by the police car that was pursuing it. On Tuesday morning the boy’s family laid flowers and candle at the spot where the 11-year-old died.
Family of boy killed in collision with police car lay flowers and light candles at the spot where he died
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The prosecutor’s office says that “From the information we have now it would appear that a minor rode off on a scooter when the police had wanted to check his identity. The boy fled after which he was persued”. Why the police wished to check the boy’s identity is unclear. One possibility is that they want to establish his aged. The law stipulates that a person has to be at least 16 years old in order to ride an e-scooter.
A road traffic accident expert must now establish the precise circumstances surrounding the accident. A pathologists will carry out an autopsy on the dead boy’s body to establish the precise cause of death. The Standing Police Monitoring Committee, Comité P is also involved in the investigation. "Those that were involved are currently being questioned."
Tracks on the ground clearly indicate that the accident happened on the gras and not on the path in the park.
Victim is an 11-year-old boy from Jette
The victim is reported to be an 11-year-old boy of Moldovan descent from the Brussels municipality of Jette. On Tuesday morning the boy’s family went to the place where he died and laid flowers and lit candles.
"The mother was able to see her son yesterday evening so she was able to say goodbye to him. He died as a result of a serious head injury. We don’t understand why he was being chased he was just out with his friends”, one of the boy’s mother’s friends told VRT News.
The Brussels’ Chief Prosecutor Julien Moinil will meet with the family of the dead boy. A wake will be held in the Elisabeth Park on Tuesday evening.