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Haute-Savoie: a teenager drowns in a lake

2020-07-14T13:46:46.448Z


The victim was in summer camp in the resort of Les Saisies. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.


A 16-year-old adolescent who bathed in a small lake located in Sallanches, in Haute-Savoie, died of drowning, this Monday July 13 in the afternoon in circumstances that remain to be determined.

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His body was recovered around 2:30 p.m. by a lifeguard in one of the three lakes of Ilettes, a set of small bodies of water dedicated to swimming, fishing and windsurfing, said the rescue.

According to the Dauphiné Libéré , the adolescent was found in an area of ​​the leisure base which was not supervised by the town's lifeguards. Originally from the Paris region, the victim was in summer camp with other adolescents in the resort of Saisies. According to the daily, he would have escaped the vigilance of his companions and would have drowned, not knowing how to swim.

The lifeguard, then the firefighters, tried in vain to revive him. Contacted, the gendarmerie did not wish to give more information. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.

Source: lefigaro

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