A gardener was killed Sunday, December 20 at Moustoir, after the meeting between FC Lorient and Stade Rennais.

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AFP

The investigation promises to be delicate.

Three days after the death of a gardener on the lawn of Moustoir, in Lorient, the legal authorities are not very talkative.

Tuesday evening, the prosecutor confirmed the opening of an investigation for manslaughter and unintentional injuries in the course of work.

This investigation was opened "against X".

Sunday evening, Yohann Essirard, a 36-year-old gardener, was killed by the accidental fall of a light therapy ramp installed on the lawn of the FC Lorient stadium, a few minutes after the end of the match against Stade Rennais.

The investigation entrusted to the Lorient police will determine the circumstances of the young man's death.

"The autopsy carried out today could only confirm the death caused by the accidental trauma", explains the public prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger.

He came to help his brother

Yohann Essirard had come to lend a hand to his brother, an employee of the Sportingsols company, a service provider who provides the lawn at Moustoir on behalf of FC Lorient.

According to witnesses, several people were manipulating the ramps when one of them tipped over, falling on the father of the family.

Several Rennes substitutes, in scrub at the other end of the field, came running to try to free the victim.

The intervention of the doctors of the two clubs, then of the firefighters, will not have saved the life of the gardener.

Last match of the year 2020 for FC Lorient who is moving this evening on the lawn of @ ogcnice.



The players of both teams will wear a t-shirt in tribute to Yohann during the warm-up and a black armband during the match.

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- FC LORIENT 🐟 (@FCLorient) December 23, 2020

Father of three children, Yohann Essirard was well known in the football world.

His half-brother Tristan Boubaya, player of the neighboring club of US Concarneau, where his son also played in U7.

Many tributes were paid to the young man after this tragic death.

This Wednesday, during the match against OGC Nice, the players of both clubs will wear a t-shirt in tribute to Yohann.

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