More fear than harm for this 56-year-old man who accidentally fell into the canal this Saturday, shortly after 8 p.m.
According to the elements collected on the spot, the fifties came out of the carnival which is installed on the esplanade des Mariniers, near the port of Roanne.
Visibly drunk, the man would have liked to urinate and approached the bank. It was then that he lost his balance and fell into the canal, 2 meters deep at this place.
Passers-by come to his aid
Fortunately, witnesses of the scene immediately came to his aid. Some entered the water to lend a hand to the man. They had a lot of trouble getting him out of the water because the victim was of an imposing size.
The 50-year-old was taken care of by the Roanne firefighters and transported to the hospital examination center.