A new drama took place on a beach in La Turballe (Loire-Atlantique) on Tuesday.
A 63-year-old man died after drowning while swimming in the late afternoon.
According to the firefighters, the victim became faint before coming out of the water in cardio-respiratory arrest, shortly before 7 p.m.
The emergency services could not do anything to save her.
Two weeks ago, already, another sixty-year-old lost his life in similar conditions, on the beach of Port-Nabé in La Turballe.
The seaside resort was also in mourning at the very beginning of the summer after a 58-year-old man drowned when he fell from a boat in early June.
Some 700 drownings in France
From June 1 to August 8, Public Health France listed 700 “documented” accidental drownings in the country, including 168 followed by deaths, according to the preliminary results of its “Drowning” survey carried out every three years.
Compared to the same period in 2018, these accidents are down 22% (889 drownings including 198 fatalities).
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