Illustration of a pruning operation - M. Gile / SIPA

The accident occurred early Monday afternoon. While working on a poplar pruning yard in Changé, near Le Mans, a young man was run over by a tree, reports the newspaper Ouest-France . According to the daily, another pruner had just cut down a trunk which then fell on the victim.

The firefighters, called to the scene, could not do anything to save the young man. The gendarmerie confirmed that it was an accident. The labor inspectorate has opened an investigation "which should make it possible to determine whether the safety conditions were met or not," says Le Maine Libre .

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