Eighteen students from a college in Landivisiau (Finistère) were slightly injured on Friday March 6 in the collapse of a wooden walkway leading to the school canteen, we learned from the firefighters.
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Of the 18 injured students, thirteen were taken to hospitals in Landivisiau, Morlaix and Brest, the same source said. The wooden walkway collapsed around noon, while there were students "above and below" , according to the firefighters, who said that it was about three meters high.
The Collège Saint-Joseph, where the events took place, was not immediately available. According to its website, it welcomes 822 students from grades 6 to 3.
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