Illustrative image, firefighters. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP
Aged 8, the child fell from the 4th floor of a building in Villefontaine on October 27. He died of his injuries this Saturday.
His vital prognosis was in jeopardy since his fall on October 27. The 8-year-old child who fell from the 4th floor of his building in Villefontaine (Isère) died from his injuries this Saturday, November 9, the Grenoble prosecutor's office confirmed.
Resuscitated by firefighters and transported to the Women-Mother-Child Hospital in Bron quickly after the incident, the child ultimately did not survive. According to information from Dauphiné Libéréhe had been brain dead for 48 hours and his heart stopped beating this Saturday at midday.
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The older brother hospitalized in psychiatry
“Suspected of being at the origin of this fall“, the victim's older brother is now hospitalized in a psychiatric ward. Quickly arrested after the incident, the 26-year-old young man was placed in police custody before being released due to a medical incompatibility.
Still according to our colleagues from Dauphiné Libéré, the required psychiatric expertise has still not been carried out. The investigation should soon be reclassified as homicide of a minor under 15 years old.
