Cantal: a terrace collapses during a wedding, leaving one dead and four seriously injured

The terrace of the multi-purpose hall in Saint-Pierre, in Cantal, collapsed while 'a wedding was being celebrated there. One person died and four were transported to the hospital in absolute emergency.

The tragedy occurred around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 27. A wedding had just begun to be celebrated in the multi-purpose hall of Saint-Pierre, in Cantal. The guests were gathered on the 100 m2 wooden terrace when it gave way, according to information from France Bleu Pays d'Auvergne. The departmental prefecture reports that a 69-year-old woman died of cardiac arrest and that four others were transported to hospital in an emergency, although their prognosis is not life-threatening. 35 people, who were injured, but less seriously, were also transported to hospital.

According to the commander of the Mauriac gendarmerie company, Fabrice Allaizeau, à BFMTV, "relief professionalsé were present at this wedding", which greatly facilitated the wedding. emergency response.

An open medical-psychological emergency cell

Rescue was quickly dispatched. dispatched to the site, including "firefighters, gendarmes and civil protection", accompanied by "four hé helicopters, 20 vehicles, 57 firefighters as well as reinforcements from Corrèze and Puy-de-Dôme, explains the prefecture.

The Orsec plan, an emergency relief plan deployed in the event of serious events, has been implemented. triggered in several hospitals in the prefecture. Those of Mauriac and Aurillac, where the injured are treated, are affected by the white plan, a specific health emergency plan in health establishments; . A medical-psychological unit was also established. open for victims and witnesses of the tragedy. An investigation was carried out into the matter. opened for homicide and involuntary injuries. According to initial studies, the room built in 2010 was regularly used and could accommodate up to agrave; 240 people. Daniel Salvary, the mayor of the town, assured; &agrav; BFMTV that the room was “expertizedé like all community rooms".