A moment of terror and dread live in front of 1000 spectators. Thursday evening, in full performance of the Phoenix circus, which occurs lawn of Reuilly (12th), a trapeze artist fell during his Russian bar number.
The 24-year-old Canadian artist fell on his head several meters high, missing the safety mat. "She knocked out," says Alain Pacherie, the owner of this great French circus.
Two doctors, present in the room during the show, intervened and went up on the scene to rescue the victim. Police officers from the 12th century police station were called. The room has been evacuated, spectators asked to return home.
The voltigeuse was then treated by the Samu and the firefighters then transported in absolute emergency to the hospital of La Salpêtrière (XIIIth).
Resumption of the show this Saturday
This Friday, his state of health was no longer a cause for concern. The young Canadian trapeze artist "is fine, her exams are good," rejoiced Alain Pacherie. We were afraid. But it will work. They keep her under observation in the hospital, that's the protocol. You never know, there can be a hemorrhage. ”
This Saturday, the Phoenix circus, reputed to be modern and which has renounced animals, will resume its show under its marquee which aims to be the largest in the world, without the trapeze artist.
The circus world is sometimes marred by accidents and dramas. In 2006, during a Bouglione show at the winter circus (11th), a trapeze artist had fallen in the middle of the show, during a high-flying act, without a net. He died in the hospital.
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Two years earlier, in 2004, still at the Bouglione circus, a tightrope walker had already, in the middle of the show, come close to death after a fall.