Overview
- The apprentice, found unconscious near a vehicle Wednesday morning, could not be revived despite rapid care from firefighters and a SAMU doctor who declared him dead at the scene.
- Police said he had been handling a walk-behind tiller during a vehicle unloading, a soil‑turning machine known in France as a motoculteur.
- The Carpentras prosecutor opened a judicial probe, with La Dépêche reporting it targets suspected involuntary manslaughter and that an autopsy is set for Friday in Nîmes.
- Local outlets said he may have been trapped between the van roof and the tiller’s handlebars and that his employer had stepped away for about ten minutes, but investigators have not confirmed these points.
- A psychological support team is assisting relatives and staff, and the death has renewed concern over recent fatal accidents involving teens on work placements, including an April case in the Gard.