Last Wednesday, in Bormes, mushroom picking with two of his friends turned into a tragedy for a 38-year-old resident of Giens, who had to endure a leg amputationfollowing a gunshot fired by a hunter.
This young father is currently in a stationary state at La Timone hospital in Marseille.
It is in the Cabasson road sector, we now know, more precisely just next to the DFCI B931 track, that the accident occurred, around 9:30 a.m., in an area which can be frequented by pedestrians, even if traffic is prohibited there.
The hunter who allegedly fired the shot, an octogenarian member of the Bormes Lou Pardigaou society, was taking part in a wild boar hunt when he accidentally fired at the thirty-year-old, who was about twenty meters below. .
The latter had been there with his two friends since 7:30 a.m., while the hunt organized by the Bormes hunting company – which had also invited hunters from La Londe – had started an hour later.
The mushroom pickers then found themselves, against their will, within the perimeter of the hunt.
After the rescue of the victim by helicopter, the perpetrator of the shooting, aged 82, was taken into custody by the gendarmes to be questioned, before being released the same evening.
An investigation was opened by the gendarmerie, for acts of “involuntary violence with a weapon”, which could soon be reclassified as “involuntary violence with a weapon resulting in permanent disability”, due to the state of health of the victim.
After hearing witnesses, the investigation continues to determine the exact circumstances of this accident.
