A 29-year-old man died when he fell from the roof of the church of the Holy Cross in Bayonne
The accident occurred when two people went up to take a picture, one of whom managed to hold the roof and was taken to a hospital.
Holy Cross Church, Bayonne.
A 29-year-old man died this morning in Bayonnewhen he fell insidethe church of the Holy Cross when he broke the roof while trying to take a picture with a friend.
Ici Pays Basquereported that the incident occurred around six o'clock in the morning, when they were returning from a party.
The victim's friend managed to hold him to part of the roof and was taken to hospital, while the 29-year-old man died there.
The mayor of Bayonne has come to the scene immediately after the accident, and the church is currently closed and surrounded until the facts are investigated.