Car crashes into restaurant east of Paris, killing young girl

An official with the national gendarme service said the driver was arrested soon after the incident Monday night in the town of Sept-Sorts, about 65 kilometres from Paris.

Judicial and security officials said that the driver appeared to have acted intentionally. However, according to a security official, there was no evidence that the incident was terror-related.

The officials were not authorized to be publicly named.

Pierre-Henry Brandet, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said on BFM television that the driver was born in 1985 and was believed to have tried to commit suicide last week.

Brandet confirmed that a young girl was killed in the crash and that four people were injured and in a condition of "absolute emergency".

He said eight others were slightly injured.

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