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Stéphanie Cadeau, 51, was a well-known figure on the Rennes music scene. She died this Monday, June 24, six days after being hit by an electric scooter in the center of Rennes.
The Rennes artistic community mourns the death of a woman who had done a lot for it. This Monday, June 24 in the morning, Stéphanie Cadeau, programmer of the musical festival “Les Embellies”, lost her life as a result of her injuries at Rennes hospital.
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She was hit by an electric scooter on Tuesday June 18 at the end of the afternoon on the Mail François-Mitterrand, a vast avenue in the center of the city where the roadways are located on both sides of the street. a partly grassy esplanade and occupied in particular by café and restaurant terraces.
The accident occurred “on the non-road part of this area”, specified the public prosecutor Philippe Astruc, confirming information from West France. “The driver, born in January 2006, was interviewed as well as the passenger,” added the prosecutor.
The alcohol and narcotics tests “revealed negative,” said the magistrate, adding that an investigation into manslaughter had been opened. The driver, aged 18, and the passenger of the scooter, are young footballers from the Stade Rennais training center, according to the regional daily.
“Immense sadness”
Upon the announcement of her death, tributes followed one another on social networks to salute the memory of Stéphanie Cadeau. “Unfair and incomprehensible. Our fellow producer Stéphanie Cadeau, of Patchrock, has died. Victim of a traffic accident. A gentle fighter, our Stéphanie had built a great editorial adventure with Patchrock and also the Les Embellies festival in Rennes”, commented a Rennes artistic producer.
“Immense sadness at the announcement of the death of Stéphanie Cadeau. A very endearing figure, deeply committed to artists, she was a source of inspiration for many of them,” greeted Benoit Careil, deputy for culture. to the city of Rennes.
A woman, who witnessed the accident, explained to the regional daily that she had seen “a woman who was walking when she was hit by a scooter”. Two teenagers were on top of the machine “which was traveling very fast” according to this woman who was getting off a bus right next to where the accident occurred. “The shock was extremely violent,” she still testifies.
