She could not be revived. A 20-year-old woman died on Sunday after drowning in a lake in Bas-Rhin, reports France 3.
The young woman, originally from Mulhouse, bathed with two friends in an unsupervised area of Lake Achard in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, near Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). She could not swim, the local channel believes.
Two of the three young girls could not swim. France 3 explains that they walked in the water away from the bank until they had water up to their necks. When they slipped, they panicked.
More than an hour of research by the firefighters
The one who could swim managed to save one of her two friends. The other young woman drowned and could not be found until an hour and a half later after a search. Nearly 30 firefighters were mobilized, including specialists in personal assistance in the aquatic environment, adds France Bleu.
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“It is with deep sadness that I learn this evening of the death of a young woman”, reacted the president of the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, Pia Imbs who called “for the greatest vigilance” in these periods of high heat: “These periods of high heat are conducive to bathing activities and I call on everyone to be extremely vigilant. »