In an instant, their life became a terrible nightmare. This Monday, shortly after 1 p.m., a 3-year-old child lost his life in Haubourdin, in the North, near Lille. He would have fallen into the void from his parents’ apartment located on the 10th floor of a complex of five buildings, reports the voice of the North.
Despite the rapid call for help from witnesses, the little boy could not be revived by the firefighters and the Samu. A witness, volunteer firefighter, as noted France Bluehad however tried to provide first aid, in vain.
A drama that Le Parisien was able to confirm with the mayor, Pierre Béharelle, of this town in the Lille suburbs. “He would have liked to follow or catch up with the cat in the apartment”, laments the chosen one, contacted this Monday evening by telephone.
A small piece of furniture under the window
According to the first elements of the investigation, the cat must have been on the edge when it tipped over. He too did not survive. “From a security point of view, the window was at the right height, there shouldn’t be any problems,” explains the mayor. There was a small piece of furniture under the window which could have enabled him to hoist himself up to the height of the animal”.
The parents, present at the time of the tragedy, could not do anything. Shocked by the loss of this only child, they were taken care of by the emergency services to be followed by caregivers. They would have moved into this accommodation a few weeks ago and were still little known in the town, which is still in shock.
“Among others, a man who witnessed the fall of the victim from his window”, reports the mayor, who announces that he has requested the opening of a psychological cell for the school in the neighborhood where the little boy was. educated. “The director was particularly shocked. This particularly shakes the neighborhood. It’s a very difficult time to live, ”concludes the mayor.
According to him, the lessor will offer new accommodation to the bruised parents in order to avoid living again in this apartment which could remind them of the tragedy of this Monday.