The accident at Orust happened on the morning of June 27th. On Thursday, the news came that the man, who was 65 years of age, had died, something Bohusläningen was the first to report on. Relatives are informed.
In June, a total of 23 people drowned in Sweden. This makes it the blackest June of the entire 2000s, according to the Swedish Lifeguard Society.
Worse than 2018Not even sunny 2018 can compete, when 18 people perished. Most were killed in connection with bathing, according to preliminary statistics. Three were children.
The day after Midsummer, June 20, four people perished.
The beautiful weather in connection with the special circumstances prevailing during the pandemic is probably behind the high figures, according to the Swedish Life Saving Society.