Fatal swimming accident in Bavaria: woman falls from a stand-up board – and then goes down in the lake

Created: 08/10/2022 04:56

A woman died after a swimming accident in Weißenstädter See.

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Fatal swimming accident in Bavaria: A woman fell off her stand-up board, then she went under in the lake.

Weißenstadt – A 73-year-old died in an accident in Weißenstädter See (Wunsiedel district).

According to the police, witnesses saw the woman fall off her stand-up board on Monday and sink into the lake.

First responders would have tried to get to her.

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Weißenstadt: woman falls from stand-up board - divers find corpse

But they would not have found the woman in the murky water.

The police, rescue service, fire brigade and DLRG then searched for her.

Divers found the body two hours later.

The woman is said to come from the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach.

A child was critically injured in a serious swimming accident in Bavaria.

An 18-year-old rescued him from the water – but the boy died.