A hiker in his forties was the victim of an accidental shooting from a hunter on Saturday in Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau (Corrèze), relate The mountain And France 3 New Aquitaine. The victim, who was in a deep valley, had to be airlifted by helicopter by a unit of the Group for recognition and intervention in perilous environments (Grimp), before being evacuated to the Brive hospital center.
The accident occurred during a wild boar hunt in this area south of Egletons. The 40-year-old, who was looking for metals using a detector according to The mountainwas hit in the thigh by the shot of a 34-year-old hunter.
The latter, very shocked, had to be taken care of as well, and was evacuated to the hospital center of Tulle. He must be heard by the gendarmes of the research brigade of Tulle.