Rugby player Kelly Meafua had consumed alcohol and cocaine before drowning

The circumstances of Kelly Meafua's death on May 6 in Montauban became clearer with the results of toxicological analyses.

The Samoan 3rd line of the Tarn-et-Garonne club of Pro D2, who had drowned in the Tarn river, "had a level of 2.34 grams of alcohol in his blood", indicates this Friday the public prosecutor from Montauban, Bruno Sauvage, interviewed by

.

"He had indeed consumed cocaine" he adds, specifying that this drug taking had taken place "four to eight hours before the death".

Either after the match of the 29th day of Pro D2 played on May 5 by Kelly Meafua against Narbonne.

“A voluntary gesture”

It was USM's last home game of the season, and the 32-year-old had been out on the town partying with friends.

It was then that he threw himself from the Pont-Vieux, 22 meters high.

The prosecutor evokes "a voluntary gesture" and "a challenge".

Christopher Vaotoa, Meafua's teammate, had also jumped into the Tarn to try to help him.

He had been rescued by firefighters and taken to the hospital in a state of hypothermia, before coming out.

The case was closed, "in the absence of an offense", specifies Bruno Sauvage.

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