The drama. An 18-year-old swimmer was swept away this Monday afternoon by the Marne current in Gournay-sur-Marne (Seine-Saint-Denis). A few hours later, a 17-year-old teenager was found dead in the same stream, in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), reveals the Parisian.
A large number of helpers quickly arrived on site in Gournay-sur-Marne. Monday evening, the young man missing had still not been found. "There is a lot of current at the foot of the bridge," comments a police source to the daily, specifying that the place where the young man jumped is prohibited for swimming.
More and more drownings
In Lagny-sur-Marne, the lifeless body of the teenager who fell into the water from the quai de la Gourdine was quickly recovered, details the Parisian who adds that he was then in cardio-respiratory arrest and did not could be resuscitated. According to the first testimonies collected by the police from the police station, the victim was playing on a pontoon when he would have fallen into the stream. A far from isolated case.
Drownings have been increasing in Seine-Saint-Denis since the first days of summer. In early July, three adolescents had already died in the waters of the department.
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