The CGT activist had accidentally fallen from a statue during the demonstration against the reform on Tuesday in Saint-Etienne.
The CGT activist who had accidentally fallen from a statue during the demonstration against the pension reform on Tuesday in Saint-Etienne died in the night from Wednesday to Thursday from his injuries, we learned this Thursday from his company.
This 51-year-old man, who had been transported in a condition deemed “very seriousby the Samu at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital, was brain dead on Wednesday, after falling several meters, his head hitting stone slabs. The day before, the worker had climbed on one of the two bronze statues installed on each side of the steps giving access to the town hall, at the time of the speeches of the union officials.
“We join in the pain of his family, especially his daughter. Many of his colleagues are in shock (…), psychologists have been made available to those who wish“, declared to AFP Yann Lagadec, the director of the Thermal Ceramics factory, of Saint-Romain-le-Puy (Loire), where he worked. “It’s terrible and very disturbing“, for her part reacted the secretary of the CGT departmental union of the Loire, Mireille Carot.
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