MP bowled over by Sarkozy's chopper

AN MP who was part of a reception party for President Sarkozy received a broken wrist after his arriving helicopter blew her over.

Orne MP Sylvia Bassot was waiting to greet the president who was visiting a factory in the department.

"I didn't appreciate the strength of the downdraft," she said.

"I didn't know what hit me. I was lifted up like a piece of straw, then I fell down on the concrete."

She added: "There were others waiting for the arrival but I was in the wrong place. I wasn't expecting that at all."

Despite her injury Ms Bassot followed part of the presidential visit before getting an x-ray and having her right arm put in plaster.