In full confinement, a 23-year-old man fell from a cliff on Saturday in Telgruc-sur-mer (Finistère), in an area difficult to access and had to be towed to the hospital in Quimper. And was fined for not respecting travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The person hurtled down a cliff at the level of Trez Bihan beach," said the firefighters, adding that the alert had been given at around 5:50 pm by a person accompanying him. The beach of Trez Bihan, on the Crozon peninsula, is surrounded by cliffs at the top of which passes a coastal path.
An ambulance, a helicopter and a team of firefighters specializing in interventions in perilous environments were mobilized in this intervention, that is to say ten people, according to the firefighters.
Half a dozen gendarmes also went to the scene, said the Châteaulin gendarmerie. "The man, who was not from the region, was fined," said the gendarmerie, stressing that the man was in an area "particularly difficult to access".
"The coast is prohibited, people can be doubly verbalized," said the police. According to France 3, the young man is only slightly injured in the ankle.
Forbidden beaches in Finistère
A decree of March 23, 2020 prohibits until April 15, 2020 the movement of any person outside their home with the exception of certain essential journeys duly justified, under penalty of a fine of 135 euros.
In addition, in order to curb the spread of coronavirus in the department, the Finistère prefecture has prohibited access to coastal beaches and inland water bodies, to parking spaces serving them and to coastal paths, as well as the practice since these areas for bathing, nautical and more generally sporting activities.
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Saturday, in this department, a man stopped after his jogging to bathe naked on a beach in Plouzané. Spotted by a gendarme patrol, he first tried to leave the area before refusing to give his identity. Taken to the gendarmerie, he had to pay several fines.
