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The fall of a metal structure in the shape of a bird pulled on a float left 13 injured on Saturday evening during a Christmas parade in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados).
The Christmas parade turned into a nightmare this Saturday, November 30, in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados), where the fall of a metal structure in the shape of a bird pulled on a float left 13 injured.
During this night parade “one of the floats fell in a bend. With the slope – the metal structure was perhaps not well stabilized – the float fell on people who were watching the show”, indicated the captain of police Laurent, deputy head of the departmental night command.
Spectators by the hundreds
Spectators numbered in the hundreds for this nighttime parade and the accident took place around 7 p.m., reports Ouest-France.
“We have 13 injured in total, nine people transported to the nearest hospitals. Eleven people are in relative emergency and two people in absolute emergency but the prognosis is not serious,” continued the police captain. A man has an open fracture, he detailed.
According to France 3, citing a town hall official, it is an artist who was present on the float.
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