Man falls off balcony with Christmas tree
A man trying to chuck his Christmas tree off a second‑floor balcony (some reports say third‑floor) in the Plateau on Sunday morning tipped over and went down with it, impaling himself on an iron fence below.
Update: The man has died. He’s been identified as Mario Allard, a jazz saxophonist.
No criminal investigation is involved, the incident being pure misadventure.
Radio-Canada recounts Mario Allard’s career; similarly in Le Devoir.
…Walking around Villeray just now, I noticed how many residential buildings here have the same combination of second- and sometimes third-floor balconies over a patch of front garden with an iron fence made of tines that function effectively as spikes if anyone were to fall on them.
Roman 19:58 on 2025-01-12 Permalink
That’s metal.
Ian 16:18 on 2025-01-13 Permalink
The shot of the fence in question. Yikes. Not a nice way to go.
EmilyG 20:05 on 2025-01-13 Permalink
I know a lot of people who knew him. Such a sad thing to happen.