It is a tragedy that will sadden all football fans. At just 31, the former player of Vitesse Arnhem, one of the most popular clubs in the Netherlands, died after a poorly controlled jump while on vacation with his wife and two children near Mallorca , in Spain, on May 12. Mourad Lamabatte had the idea of jumping almost 22 meters high from a cliff with the idea of diving directly into the water. Except that nothing happened as planned and after making his jump, the former sportsman miscalculated his shot and he hit the rocks before finishing his race in the water.
Horrible images to see since it is the latter’s wife who is filming the scene when the tragedy occurs. As the accident occurs, the mother-of-two is heard shouting “Oh my god” before cutting off the camera. A video widely broadcast on social networks since and which is not to be put in everyone’s hands… After his terrible fall, Mourad Lamabatte was found by the Civil Guard about 15 meters deep under water.
According to information from the local media Ultima Hora, the results of the autopsy carried out on the body of the 31-year-old man made it possible to learn more about the causes of death. Mourad Lamabatte would not have died on the spot, but once in the water. Seriously injured in the hip, arm and legs, he was unconscious when he found himself in the water and he would have died of drowning.