A 14-year-old teenager drowned Tuesday August 4 during an outing with friends by a pond, AFP learned from the firefighters. The drama occurred on the Brières du bourg lake, located in the town of Saint-Lyphard (Loire-Atlantique) and in the Brière regional natural park, a marsh area, north of the estuary Of the loire.
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The teenager was out with a group of friends, at the edge of this pond where a sandy beach has been set up and where swimming is normally supervised in the afternoon during the summer, according to websites promoting the regional tourism.
" After aerial reconnaissance by the drones team and marking on the water by the dog of the canine team, the divers from the CND (Departmental Nautical Center) recovered the inert body of the victim ", specifies the press release. - Loire-Atlantique firefighters. The government has been stepping up initiatives since the beginning of the summer to warn against the risk of drowning, particularly in the summer.
