Le Figaro Nice
A man in his twenties died on Monday in Saint-Aygulf (Var), after trying to flee on foot and while police officers were pursuing him for refusing to comply a few minutes earlier. The individual, very unfavorably known for similar acts, once again took all risks to escape arrest, a police source told Le
Figaro
, confirming information from
Var-Matin
.
After a chase with the police, the fugitive ended up abandoning his vehicle. In one maneuver, he even hit the officials' car, slightly injuring two agents. A passenger accompanied him. He continued on foot before entering a villa located by the sea and the coastal path of this town located near Fréjus, on the Côte d'Azur. The owner notified the police of this intrusion.
Bag of cocaine
Caught by the police during this second phase, the young man then threw himself into the water at the so-called “petit Boucharel” beach.
“When we arrived, he jumped on the rocks before jumping into the sea
,” the deputy director of the municipal police told the daily and in a video.
The officials in turn jumped to help him, seeing him in difficulty. Once out of water at around 13 degrees, the man did not seem
“well at all”
, a police source confirms. Victim of malaise and cardiorespiratory arrest, he died despite attempts to resuscitate him. The police
“provided him with cardiac massage until help arrived”
, in vain, explained the deputy director. A bag of cocaine was found on him, another source tells us.
An investigation was opened by the Draguignan public prosecutor's office to clarify the exact causes of this death. A week earlier, another refusal to comply had occurred in Saint-Aygulf, a popular seaside resort.