Overview
- Authorities say the pupil collapsed while running during a Collège de l'Esplanade physical-education session at the Stade du Rivage in Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem on Thursday.
- Firefighters and SMUR teams attempted resuscitation for more than an hour before the boy was transported to the Helfaut hospital, where his death was confirmed.
- Police remained at the stadium after emergency crews left and opened an investigation to establish the circumstances of the death.
- Around twenty classmates who witnessed the incident were escorted back to the collège by a teacher and a member of the school administration, and a listening/support cell was set up Friday morning.
- The mayor described the event as a terrible and sudden tragedy, and the town canceled Friday’s Saint-Martin parade as a mark of respect.