Antoine, 74 years oldlived alone for 35 years at the end of a collapsed rural path in Sales, in Haute-Savoie. THE 27 mars 2025his daughter Chloé finds him dead at his home. But Rescue cannot access the house : the only access, prohibited by municipal decree since December 2023has become impassable.
Alerted, The firefighters descend on foot but quickly announced to Chloé that No one will go up the body. The family, accompanied by two employees of funeral directors, is Forced to carry the body of the deceased over 500 meters, tell our colleagues from the Dauphiné Libéré.
“For a mourning family, it’s unworthy”
The daughter of the deceased does not take off. “I had all warned them”she says, in the columns of the Dauphiné. For over a year, Chloé has alerted The risks linked to the ancestor of the house. She accuses the municipality of having Leave his father to live isolatedwithout possible assistance in an emergency.
“He was abandoned. We knew he was sick, and that no help could reach him. »» For Chloé, the responsibility of the town is no doubt.
-A condemned path, a solution never successful
The Moulin Cheminwhich belongs to the town, has not been maintained for over 30 years. Judge dangerous and located in flood zoneit no longer allows any vehicle passage.
The town hall claims to have proposed a alternative via a private fieldbut this option required a long legal proceedingsthat the deceased could never engage.
The mayor recognizes a “regrettable” outcome
Contacted, the mayor of Sales, YOHANN TRAINKERsays not being aware of the conditions under which the body had been raised. “I didn’t know the family had to do that herself. It is a regrettable outcome ”, he said.
However, the municipality maintains the closure of the pathdue to his dilapidationby SA Location in risk zoneandlack of connection to drinking water of the house.
