Three people, two adults and a teenager, died on Thursday, swept away by a wave in Plogoff, in Finistère. Three other children of the couple, present on the spot, are safe and sound.
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Three people died Thursday, May 19, swept away by a wave in Plogoff in Finistère, near Pointe du Raz, learned France Bleu Breizh Izel. The accident took place between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. It is about a couple and their daughter, a teenager.
Their three other children were also with them, they are safe and sound. The victims are from the region.
An important rescue device was immediately put in place to try to find the three people. In total, a hundred rescuers were deployed on land and at sea, including firefighters and members of the SNSM.
At the time of the tragedy, the family was walking on a dike, “a place known by locals, not known as dangerous“says France Bleu Breizh Izel. This is also what David Folz, chief of staff to the prefect of Finistère, says.It is a dike freely accessible to the public. It is a corner that is open and accessible. It was even on a hiking trail for part“.
The weather conditions were not particularly exceptional either, the high tides being over. “The sea is by nature always dangerous. There are tidal coefficients which are high even if it is not high tide and a swell which was relatively large. So, it is not impossible that a wave a little higher than the others carried them away but that, the investigation will tell“, adds David Folz.
A judicial inquiry has been opened to find out the exact circumstances of this tragedy. She “will be conducted with the witnesses“, specifies the director of cabinet of the prefect of Finistère.