A 43-year-old man was found dead in a cell at the city’s police station on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
A 43-year-old man was arrested while intoxicated Tuesday evening around 6:30 p.m. by Albi police. Led to hospital emergency then to the police station around 7 p.m., he was found dead in his police cell last night shortly after midnight. His body was transferred this Wednesday morning to the Toulouse Rangueil Medico-Legal Institute.
Albi’s prosecutor, Alain Berthomieu, said in a statement on Wednesday evening: During a round of surveillance, despite the first aid provided by the police and the rapid intervention of the SAMU, the man could not be resuscitated and his death was declared at 12:13 am The individual had been taken at 6:20 p.m. in a street in downtown Albi, in a state of alcoholic impregnation, he had been transported to the emergency department of the Albi hospital center, where a medical examination had been carried out, -admission issued.
The sobering-up cell in which it was placed is equipped with a video surveillance system, the images of which have been placed under seal. The Legal Identity Service carried out the usual findings and samples useful for the investigation. Information to investigate the causes of death was requested today from the Albi investigating judge. An autopsy will take place in the coming days. “
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