A child under two years old died Saturday afternoon in Rennes after falling from the 16th floor of a high-rise apartment building, we learned from the police and firefighters.
The drama took place shortly before 3 p.m.
It is a witness who alerted the firefighters.
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A gendarme then the firefighters tried in vain to resuscitate the child, who was to celebrate his two years in December, and a doctor declared his death.
He fell 48 meters from the family apartment located in a tower in the Bréquigny district in Rennes.
The investigation was entrusted to the departmental security services.
The accidental track was favored late Saturday afternoon.