An eleven-year-old girl was the victim of early drowning in Pléneuf-Val-André, (Côtes d'Armor) this Saturday afternoon.
She was bathing at the Piégu beach when the accident occurred, says France 3 Bretagne.
His father quickly intervened.
The man managed to get his daughter out of the water but the child had already started to asphyxiate.
Witnesses who witnessed the scene informed the emergency services, who were dispatched to the scene.
The Pleneuf Val-André firefighters took charge of the child.
An evacuation to the hospital carried out by the emergency services
Rescuers deemed her condition serious and rushed her to hospital in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor).
At the time of her evacuation to the establishment, the vital prognosis of the young girl was engaged.
A woman saved from drowning by firefighters in full exercise
A man found dead in the port of Binic in the Côtes-d'Armor
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