A man has died after stabbing himself while trying to remove the alarm sensor from a stolen shirt.

Police in the municipality of Ponce say Jorge Delgado Díaz, 49, accidentally plunged a knife into his chest on the morning of August 23 inside his apartment.

According to Puerto Rican outlet El Vocero, Delgado Díaz drove the blade through the right side of his thorax.

Jorge Delgado Díaz accidentally killed himself inside his apartment in Puerto Rico when he stabbed the right side of his chest while attempting to remove the alarm tag of a stole shirt

A police report indicated his wife found him on a bed and drove him to a local hospital.

However, the woman crashed the car into the public housing complex's exit gate.

An ambulance later arrived and transported Delgado Díaz to the medical facility where he was pronounced dead.

During a search of the couple's home, cops found a pound of marijuana and several other stolen shirts.

It is unknown who the confiscated drugs and stolen items belonged to.