Drowning at sea, off Berck-sur-Mer

A drowning off the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, in Pas-de-Calais.

This Sunday afternoon, the emergency services were alerted to come to the aid of three bathers who were in difficulty in the sea, we learned from the regional operational center for surveillance and rescue (Cross) Gris-Nez.

Two bathers saved

It took the intervention of the firefighters aboard a rigid inflatable boat and a swimmer, who had jumped into the water from the beach, to recover unharmed two of the bathers, a man and a swimmer. woman in her twenties.

Sadly, the third person, a 22-year-old young man, was missing.

It was not located until a few minutes later by the rescue helicopter.

“Despite the care provided by the emergency services, the swimmer will unfortunately be declared dead after being taken care of,” announces the Cross, in a press release.

He was originally from Valenciennes, according to

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