Her companion was taken into custody and an investigation has been launched.(Representational)

Rennes:

A British girl died after being shot by her companion throughout a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”.

The 67-year-old was wounded “above the heart” and brought to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, the place she died round noon, prosecutor Nicolas Heitz mentioned.

Her 69-year-old companion was taken into custody and a manslaughter investigation has been launched.

While the precise circumstances of the capturing had been nonetheless to be established, exams on the shooter had already established that he not drunk or medication, mentioned Heitz.

The looking social gathering had been crossing a subject within the Goudelin space, and included round a dozen hunters and two company, the prosecutor mentioned.

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