A terrible tragedy occurred Wednesday morning in Chamblay, south of Besançon. A 9-year-old child, educated in CM1 class, died after choking while eating a pancake, reports France 3 Burgundy-Franche-Comte.
The pupils of the small school were celebrating Carnival. After parading, a snack with pancakes and donuts awaited the revelers. But the little victim choked after swallowing a pancake the wrong way.
A parent quickly tried to make him vomit, to no avail. The firefighters, then a firefighter and finally the SMUR of Dole and Besançon took charge of the schoolboy, then in cardiopulmonary arrest, and airlifted him to the CHU of Besançon.
In a press release this Thursday morning, specify our colleagues, Nathalie Albert-Moretti, rector of the academic region and the academy of Besançon, indicated that the child died. Psychological support for students and staff has been put in place.