The Prefecture of Finistère assures us that it is an “accident due to the storm”.
This Friday, while the winds of the storm Alex continued to blow in Brest, in Finistère, an old young man, according to Ouest-France, of 17 years, died in two-wheeler.
The Telegram specifies that the young man was traveling on a motorcycle during the impact.
The victim was unbalanced by the fall of a branch as she was traveling in the early evening in this city where the wind continued to blow after the storm of the last 24 hours, we learned from the prefecture.
The latter was unable to say whether it was a bicycle or a motorized two-wheeler.
"Death instantly"
The cyclist or motorcycle cyclist was unbalanced by the fall of a branch, fell to the ground and "died instantly", it was specified.
The prefecture has issued a new call for caution in the face of continued bad weather and reported "80 interventions by firefighters in progress", many for falling trees, against 17 the previous night.
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