Disabled Good Samaritan Attempts Life-Saving Rescue: Investigation Into Young Man’s Tragic Death Announced

It is a sad epilogue, even if we knew the young man’s chances of survival were low, rescued on Friday evening by a disabled passer-by, who had not hesitated to jump out of his wheelchair to help him.

An investigation will be opened

“I saw a body lying on the sidewalk opposite. I was coming back from a dinner with friends. At the height of the Garibaldi metro station, I see this man lying on the ground on the other side of Cours Gambetta. I had to wait for the light to turn red to cross. Young people on the spot tell me that he fell. But they didn’t do anything…I got down on my knees and started CPR. At the same time I called 15. A few minutes later, the SAMU took over, ”Olivier Plattard, 49, told us this weekend.

Despite this heroic act, the young man could not be saved. He succumbed to the hospital, his family told us this Thursday 1^is June, announcing that an investigation would be opened to determine the circumstances of the death.

Julien was 24 years old.