A 76-year-old man was found dead in his car parked on rue du Champ Gaillard, next to Poissy hospital in Yvelines,
Le Figaro
learned from firefighters and police, confirming information from 78actu.
José C. was homeless.
His body was spotted by a passer-by who alerted the emergency services on Saturday morning, after another night under temperatures which could drop to -4°C in the Paris region.
When they arrived on the scene, around 9 a.m., the firefighters immediately noted the “
rigor mortis
” of the septuagenarian.
No medico-legal “
obstacle
” was found in the death of this man, the origin of which appears to be natural.
The victim's body was transferred to the Saint-Germain-en-Laye funeral home.
Four homeless people have died on the street since the beginning of January
Since the beginning of January and the cold snap that marked the start of the year, at least four homeless people have died in the street.
Last week, LFI, environmentalist, socialist and communist elected officials sounded the alarm about their care during periods of extreme cold and called for the requisition of empty housing.
According to the Abbé Pierre Foundation, 330,000 people were homeless in France in 2022. And street children are estimated at nearly 3,000 by Unicef and the Federation of Solidarity Actors.