Illustration of an emergency ambulance from Samu, here in Rennes.

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C. Allain / 20 Minutes

The tragedy happened during a family lunch, reports

the daily Vosges Matin

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The facts happened on Saturday, in a restaurant in Epinal in the Vosges.

A 70-year-old man choked on the meal.

The latter was then eating with his son when he choked on a piece of meat, our colleagues specify.

A firefighter who was having lunch with his family immediately tried to save him by performing the Heimlich method.

In vain.

When help arrived, the man was in cardio respiratory arrest.

Despite a long cardiac massage performed by the emergency services arrived on site, the septuagenarian died.

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He bet he can swallow a cheeseburger in one bite, choke and die

  • Strasbourg

  • The elderly

  • Epinal

  • Lorraine

  • Miscellaneous

  • Accident

  • Restaurant