Since the start of summer, not a day has gone by without another drowning. A two-year-old girl, placed in a foster family, accidentally died Thursday in a private swimming pool near Louviers (Eure), we learned on Friday from the departmental council and the gendarmes.
The accident occurred Thursday evening at the home of the host family, according to the Department, in charge of placed minors. “An investigation is opened by the gendarmerie. The services of the Department are busy assessing the situation. Psychological support has been put in place ”, indicates the departmental council of Eure in a press release.
According to the gendarmerie, the accident happened around 8 p.m. Firefighters, Samu and gendarmes were called to the scene and the child died despite the first aid provided by the firefighters.
Family hearings are underway
"The child has probably escaped the vigilance of adults," said the gendarmes of Louviers. While the couple of the foster family and the adult children of the couple were present, the girl would have fallen into this "inground pool, built in hard". "The hearings of the family are underway," said the gendarmerie.
According to the Department, the foster family offered "until now completely satisfactory reception conditions": "State graduate, she has worked with children since 1995", and the family assistant is a person " experienced ”which is“ appreciated for the quality of its education with the children in care ”.
Contacted, the Evreux prosecutor's office was not immediately reachable.