Between life and death after jumping 15 meters, a suicidal Toulouse man died on his hospital bed in Montpellier

La victime avait été retrouvée gisant au pied des Échelles de la ville. ML – Google Street View

Dans la nuit du mardi 2 au mercredi 3 avril, aux alentours de minuit, un homme avait été découvert au pied des Échelles de la ville, dans le quartier Antigone, gisant dans une mare de sang, très grièvement blessé.

The 30-year-old man from Toulouse, who attempted his life by throwing himself from the top of the city's ladders on the night of Tuesday 2 to Wednesday 3 April, did not survive his attacks. numerous injuries and passed away this Wednesday, April 24, on his hospital bed in Lapeyronie.

That night, in fact, around midnight, he was found very seriously injured by passers-by, lying in his blood, at Place Paul-Bec in the Antigone district in Montpellier.

Open fractures to the legs and feet

He had open fractures on his legs and feet, suggesting that he had fallen several meters. In this case, around fifteen meters. Had he been pushed or had he jumped, intentionally, to kill himself?

The investigations, carried out by police officers from the local judicial police department of the central police station, quickly concluded that it was a suicide attempt.