Lake Starnberg: the body of a 32-year-old found after a collision with a motor boat

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Starnberger See (2017): 32-year-old died in an accident

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Three days after a swimmer collided with a sports boat in Lake Starnberg, the man who has been missing since was found dead.

The body of the 32-year-old was located after an intensive search in about 25 meters of water, said the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North.

Divers from a special company recovered the lifeless body in cooperation with the water rescue service and the Starnberg water police.

According to the police, it was undoubtedly the missing person.

ordered autopsy

According to his friends, the man from Munich was hit by a motorboat about 300 meters from the shore near the municipality of Berg on Sunday afternoon when he was swimming in the water.

So he went down immediately.

To clarify the cause of death, the Munich II public prosecutor ordered an autopsy on the body.

The investigations by the Fürstenfeldbruck criminal police to clarify the cause of the accident continued.

The motorboat confiscated on the day of the accident has already been examined by an expert.

bbr/AFP