Toulouse: a young man falls to his death from a quay on the Garonne
A young man died after falling below a quay overlooking the banks of the Garonne, in Toulouse, on the night of Tuesday August 9 to Wednesday August 10.
Cries and howls of distress tear through the torpor of the night, usually festive around Place Saint-Pierre and the Quai de la Daurade in Toulouse, this Tuesday, August 9. 2 o’clock has just struck and a terrible accident has occurred. A young man has just fallen from the Lucien-Lombard quay, on the Henri-Martin promenade, nearly 8 meters below, on the hard, on the banks of the Garonne.
Alerted by the crises and the crowd around the young victim, police officers from the specialized field brigade who patrol this place immediately go to see what is happening. They understand that a victim fell several meters high on the promenade. The police call for help and go to the bedside of the young man. They begin a heart message and perform a compression point on the bloody face, under the eyes of curious people quickly dismissed by national and municipal police officers who came as reinforcements.
He wanted to sit on the wall
A few minutes later, the firefighters then the Samu arrive on the spot. They take over, always with the support of the first responder police officers. The cardiac massage lasts for several minutes but the bleeding linked to the trauma of the fall is too great. After almost an hour of effort, the young man, aged 20, was declared dead.
At the same time, the police investigation began with the collection of accounts from the victim’s friends and witnesses. It establishes that, accompanied by a small group, he wanted to sit on the low wall overlooking the quay. Unbalanced, he fell below under the helpless eyes of the people who accompanied him. After lengthy observations, the police left the scene.
This accident is not the first this summer at this location. On Wednesday, June 22, around 5 am, a young woman who had had a little too much to drink started walking on the parapet. She had fallen into the void. Her friend had tried to catch up with her. He had grabbed her hand. Despite falling 8 meters, this student remained conscious. She suffered in particular from trauma to the lower limbs.