A six-year-old girl died and a boy was injured in the leg after the fall of a partition in a municipal gymnasium in Poissy, in Yvelines, the Versailles parquet said on Sunday.
An investigation has been opened.
An investigation was opened following the death of a 6-year-old girl fatally injured by the fall of a partition installed in a municipal gymnasium in Poissy, in the Yvelines, AFP learned on Sunday from the Versailles prosecutor's office.
A boy injured in the leg
Thursday, around noon, an interior wall "collapsed suddenly" in a gymnasium in Poissy where 27 children were gathered during an internship of an associative judo club during the school holidays.
This partition had been installed to define a storage space for sports equipment, explained the parquet floor of Versailles.
A boy was injured in the leg with no life threatening prognosis, but a 6-year-old girl was rushed to hospital.
Brain dead, she passed away on Saturday.
An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the accident, in particular the conformity of the equipment but also of the supervision, said the prosecution.
Investigators are also looking at the legal status of the building to determine responsibilities, said the prosecution.
It is with deep sadness and immense emotion that we learn of the tragic disappearance of the little Pisciacaise very seriously injured on October 22, 2020, following the fall of a wall of the Caglione gymnasium during a club internship. of judo during the holidays.
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- City of Poissy (@villepoissy) October 24, 2020
"It is with deep sadness and immense emotion that we learn of the tragic disappearance of the little Pisciacaise," the mayor of Poissy, Karl Olive (DVD) said on Twitter on Saturday.