A 68-year-old man died on Sunday during a diving trip in Sévrier (Haute-Savoie).

He had gone with friends to Lake Annecy, off the locality Beau Rivage, reports

Le Dauphiné Libéré

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The sixty-year-old suffered a heart attack when he was five meters underwater.

He was hoisted onto a boat by his comrades who gave him first aid.

An investigation opened by the gendarmes

Alerted, the firefighters sent a boat and a team of divers to the scene.

They did not finally need to intervene, an ambulance was already on the shore to receive the victim.

She was declared dead on the spot, after unsuccessful attempts at cardiac massage.

The Faverges gendarmerie brigade is in charge of the investigation into this fatal accident.

According to our colleagues, the sixty-year-old was participating in a diving session with five friends.

This private outing was a priori supervised by a specialized company from Annecy.

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  • Annecy

  • Diving

  • Firefighters

  • Accident