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Police allege man cut own throat after stealing, crashing two cars north of Montreal

SAINTE-JULIENNE, Que. — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who allegedly slit his own throat as police confronted him after he stole and crashed two cars in less than half an hour.
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The BEI logo, Quebec’s independent police bureau, is seen in Louiseville, Que., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who allegedly slit his own throat as police confronted him after he stole and crashed two cars in less than half an hour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

SAINTE-JULIENNE, Que. — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who allegedly slit his own throat as police confronted him after he stole and crashed two cars in less than half an hour.

The agency, known as the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, issued a news release saying the man appeared to have injured himself with an exacto knife at his workplace late Friday morning.

It says the man then fled in a stolen vehicle, which he then drove off the road and abandoned, before stealing another vehicle which he also drove off the road near Ste-Julienne, Que., about 70 kilometres north of Montreal.

He was then confronted by two police officers who tried to get him to put down the knife.

The BEI says that's when he moved the knife to his throat.

It says police tried to revive him and he was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 21, 2023.

The Canadian Press

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