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He was found unconscious in a body of water not far from his family's home in Juigné-sur-Loire, south of Angers. A 2.5-year-old boy died early Tuesday afternoon, reports Courrier de l'Ouest . Despite the intervention of the emergency services on site and his transport in a state of absolute emergency to the Angers University Hospital, the child could not be resuscitated.

An investigation was opened by the gendarmerie and an autopsy must be carried out this Wednesday, adds the daily. According to the first elements of the investigation, the boy would have escaped the vigilance of his parents before going to the pond in which he fell.

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