12-year-old girl killed in fall from lighthouse during filming for French television
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:07 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:23 AM EDT
PARIS -- A 12-year-old girl died in a fall from a French lighthouse during filming for a television show about some of the country's most famous monuments.
Filming on the show, "The Favorite Monument of the French," was suspended, France Television said Friday.
The police prefecture confirmed the death Thursday evening at the Cap Ferret lighthouse in Bordeaux but had no details. Sud Ouest, the local news site, said the aerial acrobatics company Adrenaline had been hired for the show and that the girl, whose father owns the company, was part of the act.
Adrenaline's Facebook page shows acrobats suspended around the lighthouse during a nighttime performance.
French subprefect of Gironde department Dominique Christian and commander of gendarmerie Jean-Philippe Viadalo speak to journalists in front of the ligthouse of Cap-Ferret in Lege-Cap-Ferret, western France. A 12 year old girl made a fatal fall on June 18 while doing a roped aerobatic display at the lighthouse as part of rehearsals for the French TV show "Favorite Monument of French." (AFP/JEAN-PIERRE MULLER)
12-year-old girl killed in fall from lighthouse during filming for French televi
the lighthouse went from famous to infamous.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:07 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:23 AM EDT
PARIS -- A 12-year-old girl died in a fall from a French lighthouse during filming for a television show about some of the country's most famous monuments.
Filming on the show, "The Favorite Monument of the French," was suspended, France Television said Friday.
The police prefecture confirmed the death Thursday evening at the Cap Ferret lighthouse in Bordeaux but had no details. Sud Ouest, the local news site, said the aerial acrobatics company Adrenaline had been hired for the show and that the girl, whose father owns the company, was part of the act.
Adrenaline's Facebook page shows acrobats suspended around the lighthouse during a nighttime performance.
French subprefect of Gironde department Dominique Christian and commander of gendarmerie Jean-Philippe Viadalo speak to journalists in front of the ligthouse of Cap-Ferret in Lege-Cap-Ferret, western France. A 12 year old girl made a fatal fall on June 18 while doing a roped aerobatic display at the lighthouse as part of rehearsals for the French TV show "Favorite Monument of French." (AFP/JEAN-PIERRE MULLER)
12-year-old girl killed in fall from lighthouse during filming for French televi
the lighthouse went from famous to infamous.