Police arrest drivers shown using tramway rails in Casablanca

Police arrest drivers shown using tramway rails in Casablanca
Wednesday 16 August 2023 - 22:45

On Tuesday, Casablanca Police opened a judicial investigationto apprehend motorists and car drivers who had ostentatiously on the tramway tracks, thereby disrupting public transport and endangering the safety of road users.

Preliminary investigations and surveillance camera recordings revealed that the facts date back to early morning Sunday August 13, when the drivers of several vehicles in a wedding procession used the streetcar’s reserved lanes in the Ain Sebaâ area, according to a press release from the DGSN.

Investigations led to the identification of the drivers of several of the cars featured in these recordings, the same source said, noting that one of them was arrested and his vehicle impounded.

The offending driver has been referred to the ongoing judicial inquiry, while investigations are continuing with a view to apprehending all the individuals involved, all of whom have been identified.

In parallel with the judicial investigation, the Casablanca Prefecture of Police reports that traffic control operations carried out between February 1 and August 14 resulted in the detection of 6,313 offences relating to the use of busway and tramway lanes by road users (by car or motorcycle), concludes the press release.

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