Near Toulouse: he jumps into the Canal to save his dog, a 38-year-old man drowns
A 38-year-old man died on Tuesday evening in Fenouillet, north of Toulouse. He jumped into the waters of the Canal Lateral de la Garonne to save his dog but never came to the surface.
A 38-year-old man drowned in the waters of the Canal lateral to the Garonne, this Tuesday evening, May 31, in Fenouillet, north of Toulouse. The drama unfolds around 7 p.m. The victim and his companion were walking quietly when their dog fell into the water. And the animal quickly finds it difficult to get out of it. In panic, his master plunges into the Lateral Canal, at the level of the lock. An area where the current is strong.
The 38-year-old man seems carried away and cannot manage to regain solid ground. Then it disappears under the surface. A witness to this dramatic scene, a passer-by tries to rescue him by jumping into the Canal. In vain.
The firefighters smoke the relay and finally find the victim. But this thirty-year-old is no longer breathing. He was declared dead a few minutes later. Has the dog’s master been the victim of a hydrocution? Where is it because of the current?
The gendarmes of the Toulouse Saint-Michel company are in charge of the investigations.