A man drowned Sunday afternoon in Baume-les-Dames in the Doubs after his canoe overturned, while his three-year-old son was saved, we learned from the prefecture .
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The canoe accidentally overturned and the man, who did not have a life jacket, could not, once brought back to the riverside, be resuscitated by firefighters, the firefighter said. prefecture, confirming information from Est Républicain and France Bleu Besançon.
His three-and-a-half-year-old son, who had a life jacket, was taken to hospital and his prognosis is not committed, according to the prefecture of Doubs.
An investigation was entrusted to the gendarmerie.
The victim's wife and their other 11-year-old son watched helplessly, from the shore, at the accident, while the water temperature was below ten degrees, details the Republican East.