Terrible accident Thursday, at the end of the afternoon, in the town of Bruz, south-west of Rennes.
A 7-year-old child was killed by drowning in the Vau-Gaillard pond.
He would have fallen into the water while playing by the pond with a friend, shortly before 6 p.m.
It was the latter who raised the alarm.
The firefighters and the Samu arrived quickly, they were able to recover the boy's body but never managed to resuscitate him, reports
Ouest-France
.
An investigation is opened to determine the precise circumstances of the tragedy.
A psychological cell has also been set up for relatives of the victim and witnesses.
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