16-year-old in critical condition after drowning in lake

A teenager was saved after drowning in Lake Aydat (Puy-de-Dôme), this Sunday.

The 16-year-old victim was with other young people and was taking part in an outing organized for unaccompanied minors in Puy-de-Dôme, reports

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Airlifted in critical condition

The accident happened in the early afternoon.

The teenager would have advanced in the water before losing his footing and sinking.

Alerted, the emergency services intervened quickly.

Thanks to their efforts, the fire brigade and the Smur managed to bring the boy back to life.

Finding himself in critical condition, he was airlifted to a hospital in Clermont-Ferrand.

With the high temperatures, drownings have multiplied in recent days.

Sunday, an 11-year-old child drowned while bathing in a lake in Haute-Saône.

On Tuesday, a 3-year-old boy died in a river in Vaucluse.

A fisherman drowns in front of his 6-year-old son in Seine-et-Marne

A man drowns in the Seine while trying to cool off

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