Recommendation comes after Erik Bouton, 38, jumped to his death from the structure last May.
A Quebec coroner says the Champlain Bridge must have a suicide-prevention barrier installed after a 38-year-old man jumped to his death from the structure last May.
Dr. Jean E. Brochu said in his report released Jan. 5 the current barrier along the bridge’s pedestrian pathway should be made impossible to climb.
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He suggested as a model the anti-suicide fence installed in 2004 on the Jacques Cartier Bridge.
Brochu’s report says Erik Bouton was seen by security guards on May 22 standing “upright and motionless” on the bridge’s pathway before the man jumped into the St. Lawrence River.
A national suicide prevention group recommends bridges have adequate barriers to help prevent suicides.
Robert Olson with the Centre for Suicide Prevention says anti-suicide fences are not systematically installed on new bridges because of the cost or for esthetic reasons.