A man dies in the Yvelines, a serious injured in Paris – Liberation

A man died in Grandchamp (Yvelines) and a woman was seriously injured in Paris on the night of Friday to Saturday due to Violent thunderstorms that fell on a large part of Franceincluding Paris and its small crown.

The 68 -year -old man who had taken refuge in a hunting pavilion with six other people, died After a tree, struck by lightning, collapsed On the building, according to the firefighters, intervened at the scene of the accident shortly before 10 p.m. Friday.

The other six people were able to extract without injury, while the man, in cardio-respiratory arrest, remained stuck under the rubble, according to the same source. The Houdan gendarmerie brigade is responsible for the investigation.

Around 11 p.m. in Paris, a woman was also the victim of the fall of a tree branch, according to a police source. The accident occurred in the 5th arrondissement and the victim was hospitalized, specifies the brigade of firefighters in Paris.

According to the same source, the victim spent the evening with friends when the tree under which he was was struck by lightning, causing the fall of a branch that injured her in the head. Diving in coma by help, she was transported in absolute emergency to Henri-Mondor Hospital in Créteil.

Twenty-eight departments in the southwest and northwest of the country had been placed on orange alert on Friday afternoon due to a « Stormy degradation »with a high risk of locally violent phenomena.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had asked airlines to reduce their flight program on Friday evening by Orly (Val-de-Marne) by 20 % to limit any disturbances.

This Saturday, eleven departments of the center and then four from the East are placed in orange alert by Météo France, from 4 p.m.