By akademiotoelektronik, 08/04/2022

Bas-Rhin: drowning of a 5-year-old child in a body of water near Strasbourg

A five-year-old girl died on Saturday after drowning in a body of water in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (Bas-Rhin), near Strasbourg, we learned this Sunday from the prosecution.

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The tragedy occurred Friday afternoon, at the old gravel pit of Baggersee, a very popular body of water in the inner suburbs of Strasbourg. The girl was taken out of the water in cardiorespiratory arrest and transported in absolute urgency to the Strasbourg hospital in Hautepierre, where she unfortunately died on Saturday, according to the same source.

A “general relaxation” after the confinements

According to the first elements, she was in an unsupervised area. An investigation has been opened.

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In a study published in mid-July, Public Health France had recorded 314 accidental drownings, therefore 79 fatal, between June 1 and July 5, a report that the “general relaxation” after the confinements due to Covid-19 could have contributed to aggravate. A number that the authors of the study consider “high” and which represents an increase of 22% for accidental drownings, and 58% of deaths compared to a 2018 survey, underlined the study.

The age categories most affected by these accidents are children aged 0 to 5 (21% of drownings) and people aged 65 and over (25%), the study pointed out.

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