The fall of the tree at the Japanese actor Kodai Kurosaki's agent occurred on Saturday afternoon at the Croisette boulevard in Cannes, France. The man came to promote the movie “Brand New Landscape”.
It is not clear why a three -meter tree fell over a man staying on a crowded promenade. RMF FM correspondent in France Marek Gładysz describes that this could have happened due to the destruction of the trunk by beetles.
An accident in Cannes. “I saw a man lying on the ground”
The police fenced off part of the promenade to allow the services to remove the fallen tree as soon as possible.
The filmmaker from the American state of Colorado Harrison Sheehan described in an interview with the Reuters agency that at some point he noticed people gathering around the scene, but at the beginning he was not aware that there was an accident and thought that paparazzi was trying to take a picture of one of the stars. “I took two steps and saw a man lying on the ground, his head was all in the blood,” he described.
Every year, the film festival on the Cote d'Azur attracts from 35 to 40 thousand. participants. He is also visited by thousands of tourists who are counting on a meeting of famous film stars.
This year's 78th edition of the Cannes festival began on Tuesday and will last until May 24. On the last day we will find out who will win the main prize, the Golden Palm.
