The Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat, known as the Stade du Moustoir, is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

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, France. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

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. The stadium can hold up to 18,110 with the new south stand.

2020 accident

After a match between Lorient and

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

at the Stade du Moustoir on 20 December 2020, a lighting ramp fell on a

groundsman Groundskeeping is the activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes, typically in an institutional setting. It includes mowing grass, trimming hedges, pulling weeds, planting flowers, etc. The U.S. Department of Labor e ...

. The accident occurred at 19:00 local time, right after ''Les Merlus'' had been defeated 3–0 by ''Les Rennais'' in a

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''.'' The 38-year old victim was rushed to Scorff Hospital, and was in a critical condition. Working as a volunteer, the groundsman eventually died of his injuries. He was a father of three children. Two other groundskeeper volunteers were taken to the hospital due to being shocked by the accident, but were not physically injured. Four other people who were also in shock made their way to the hospital themselves.

References

External links

* http://www.fclweb.fr/fr/info/club/stade-yves-allainmat-le-moustoir Lorient FC Lorient Moustoir Sports venues in Morbihan Sports venues completed in 1959 {{France-sports-venue-stub