Police officers cover up following hit-and-run accident

Police officers cover up following hit-and-run accident - Five police officers from Marseille have been handed a six to ten month suspended prison sentence after covering up evidence for a fellow officer. In August last year three police officers were involved in a road accident. Following the hit-and-run accident  five officers  lowered the blood alcohol level of their colleague who was driving at the time. 

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