What happened near a barge, in Draveil (Essonne), on the night of Monday to Tuesday?
The circumstances of the scene still deserve to be clarified after a 55-year-old man was fished out of the Seine in extremis by the police.
Around 4:45 a.m., according to a police source, a walker heard calls for help.
"Help, I'm drowning!
shouts someone below a barge.
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The man, almost completely immersed in cold water, only manages to hoist his head out of the water and clings to a rope from the boat.
The passer-by immediately calls the firefighters, who in turn call the police.
They are the first to arrive on the scene.
Guided by the walker, they discover the victim in hypothermia but conscious.
Draveil, this Tuesday, October 4, 2022. A man was fished out near a barge.
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Officers climb onto a catwalk and hoist the man out of the water.
In a state of shock, this inhabitant of Draveil is then taken care of by the firefighters and hospitalized in the hospital of Juvisy-sur-Orge, where he has still not been heard on the facts.
Ten vehicles and 14 firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
In 2016, a 25-year-old homeless man was hospitalized in emergency after falling into the Seine in the middle of January in Draveil.
Soaked and cold, he had then pounded on the door of a pavilion to be rescued.
