The establishment is well known in Fougères and throughout the Ille-et-Vilaine department. For forty years, the Paul-Cézanne sensory education institute, managed by the Le Parc association, has cared for children with hearing problems, specific language problems or rare disabilities. This is where a tragedy occurred on October 10 just after the lunch break.
While a group of five children were enjoying free time in a room of the institute under the supervision of three educators, an altercation would have broken out between two students. A ten-year-old boy would have pushed an eight-year-old girl. The latter would have fallen from his height, falling on his back. Unconscious when help arrived, the little girl was rushed to the Sud de Rennes hospital where she died four days later, we learned on Wednesday. confirming information from Telegram.
An investigation opened by the prosecution
“It is not a news item, it is a dramatic accident with dramatic consequences for two families”, indicates to 20 minutes Perrine Obonsawin, general manager of the association Le Parc. According to her, the boy who started the shoving has great communication difficulties and could sometimes be aggressive towards himself and with other children. He has since left the establishment, his family awaiting a new assignment.
After the tragedy, a psychological support unit was set up within the establishment. An investigation has been opened by the Rennes prosecutor’s office to find the causes of the girl’s death.