Driver Rams Into Police Van on Paris' Champs Élysées The attacker is dead, no other injuries reported By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Jun 19, 2017 3:15 PM CDT 39 comments Comments Police attend the scene on Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, June 19, 2017. A man on the radar of French authorities was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying explosives into a police vehicle... (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre) View 1 more image (Newser) – An anti-terror investigation has been opened in France after a man rammed a car carrying firearms and a gas canister into a police van on Paris' famed Champs Élysées Monday afternoon. The driver, reportedly a 31-year-old French national who had known links to suspected extremists and was on a terror watchlist, was killed in the incident; no other injuries were reported. France's interior minister described the incident as an "attempted attack" on a convoy of police vehicles that were on the avenue, the Guardian reports. An explosion followed the collision, and a journalist on the scene says he saw police break the car's windows in order to pull the driver out. Bomb squad officers were on the scene, the AP reports. View 1 more image My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 12% Hilarious 7% Intriguing 16% Depressing 2% Brilliant 60% Scary 2% Ridiculous