On the evening of October 15, 2016, 18 young people had fallen into the void when a balcony collapsed.
The accident had killed four people.
The trial is scheduled to start on February 9, 2022 for a period of three weeks.
The accident left four dead and fourteen injured, mostly students. More than five years after the collapse of a balcony in Angers, five people will be tried in February before the criminal court for homicides and unintentional injuries. The order for referral to correctional was issued at the end of September, said the prosecution, confirming information from the local press.
The trial is scheduled to start on February 9, 2022 for a period of three weeks.
"It is estimated that we could have about sixty people who would become civil parties," said the prosecutor of Angers Éric Bouillard.
Among those called to appear are the head of the construction company (72 years old), the works foreman (52 years old), the site manager (63 years old), the architect (65 years old) and the representative of the Apave audit office (83 years).
All have clean criminal records.
Fatal fall from 3rd floor
On the evening of October 15, 2016, 18 young people had fallen into the void when a balcony on the 3rd floor of the "Le Surcourf" residence collapsed in the city center of Angers.
The balcony had dragged down the two balconies on the lower floors.
Four of the victims, three men aged 21, 23 and 25, as well as an 18-year-old girl, were killed.
Fourteen had been injured.
The drama occurred during a housewarming organized by two young girls, bringing together about thirty friends, mostly law students.
In May 2021, the Angers Court of Appeal rejected a request for additional investigation into a lack of maintenance of the balcony made to the investigating chamber by the lawyers of two of the five indicted and by those victims and their families.
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