A tragic accident came about Saturday afternoon within the division of Seine-et-Marne. A 17-year-old teenager drowned within the Seine, in an space prohibited for swimming close to a dam, based on a police supply on Sunday, confirming info from the positioning Actu.fr.
The occasions occurred round 2 p.m. within the territory of Boissise-la-Bertrand, a small village of a thousand inhabitants positioned on the outskirts of Melun.
The sufferer sucked in by the present
{The teenager}, residing within the city space of Sénart, was with an 18-year-old younger grownup on the banks of the Seine once they determined to swim on a web site prohibited for swimming. The youngest was “sucked up by the present, close to the Vives-Eaux dam”, based on the police supply. Firefighters managed to get better his physique a couple of hours later.
Swimming in canals, close to locks and dams, or in undeveloped waterways, is harmful and even deadly, Voies Navigables de France (VNF), which manages 1000’s of kilometers of waterways, warned on Thursday, whereas the variety of drownings elevated sharply final 12 months in France.
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Throughout the summer season of 2025, 409 individuals died from drowning throughout the nation, an evaluation up 16% in comparison with 2024, made public originally of Might by Public Well being France. Amongst these victims have been 57 youngsters and adolescents.
