A tree fell on the road early in the evening as a man and two children were crossing, “in circumstances to be ascertained and in bad weather”.
A direct link to the bad weather that is shaking the country has not yet been established. A falling tree in northern Paris (19th arrondissement) hit by heavy rain on Thursday, October 17, left one dead and two injured, according to a police source. It fell onto the roadway as a man and two children passed, “in circumstances to be determined and in the context of the bad weather,” this source said.
Two children are admitted in a relatively urgent case
The man was seriously injured before he died. The two children were admitted as a matter of relative urgency, the police source further specified. An emergency medico-psychological team was on the scene.
Six départements – Ardèche, Rhône, Haute-Loire, Loire, Lozère and Alpes-Maritimes – are currently on red alert for flooding or flooding by Météo-France, and 34 on orange alert. Paris is on orange alert for rain and flooding.
