# Advocacy group says Haitian 20-year-old died by suicide after losing TPS

https://mins.news/en/video/41789

- ABC News, 2026-09-02 10:16 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chCUiosXBjw

> A family advocacy group says Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian who had recently lost temporary protected status and had just graduated high school, died by suicide Monday. Law enforcement officials told local media he left his vehicle on an interstate in Springfield, Ohio, and walked into traffic. He had arrived in the U.S. in 2024 to reunite with parents who had fled Haiti.

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