Terrible drama. A 25-year-old hiker was shot dead on Saturday followingnoon in Cantal in a hunting accident. The young woman died following receiving a stray bullet around 3 p.m. during a hunt organized in the town of Cassaniouze (Cantal), we learned, confirming information from the local newspaper La Montagne.
The accident occurred during a wild boar hunt. The victim was indeed on a marked hiking trail where she was walking with her companion. “Hit by a shot on the left part of the body, she died on the spot. An autopsy has been ordered and will take place soon, ”detailed the public prosecutor with La Montagne.
According to La Montagne, the lost beauty was shot by a 17-year-old hunter. According to the president of the departmental hunting federation, interviewed by the newspaper, she had received the usual training. “She tested negative for narcotics and alcohol,” revealed the public prosecutor. She was taken care of by the emergency services. A manslaughter investigation has been opened.
