A bank robbery that ended in disaster

A vehicle crashed into the stone wall at the entrance to the Orient Bay Gardens after skidding along the road for some distance.  No sooner had the car come to a halt than a man got out and ran into the Orient Bay park, closely followed by another man wearing a balaclava and gloves. Security guards stationed at the site’s entrance attempted to stop them, but the two men evaded them. Feeling cornered, they turned back and, whilst one of them fled towards Quartier d’Orléans, the other man was eventually apprehended by the site’s security guards.

The leap of death

Back at the station, the security guards learnt that the two men had apparently stolen the car to carry out an armed robbery shortly before losing control of the vehicle during their chase with officers from the National Gendarmerie who had arrived on the scene. Initial findings suggest that a third man was also in the car and that he had apparently thrown himself out of it before the final impact. He was found dead a few metres away, having clearly not survived the fall onto the road.
With the fire brigade having joined the SMUR at the scene, the gendarmes are now attempting to collect evidence and clues required for the standard investigation. An inquiry will be conducted to determine the exact circumstances of the robbery, the accident and the role played by each of the individuals involved.