A man in his twenties died Thursday, August 11 in the afternoon according to information from France Bleu Paris.
According to witnesses, the young man jumped from a bridge near the Quai de l'Oise and swam only a few moments before drowning.
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The Paris firefighters could only find the victim after an hour of searching.
According to them, he died of cardiac arrest despite twenty minutes of massage to try to save him.
This accident brings to two the number of drowned in the Canal de l'Ourcq since the beginning of the summer.
On July 3, a 17-year-old died of drowning near Parc de la Villette, according to
Le Parisien
.
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