A 6-year-old boy drowned late Saturday afternoon in the pool of a leisure base in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne (Yonne), we learned from firefighters and gendarmerie.
The parents alerted the helpers at 4:45 pm for the disappearance of their child, who was released from the unconscious water by the lifeguards who monitored the bathing, according to the same sources.
He remained immersed about "five minutes"
The boy, of Comorian origin, would have remained immersed about "five minutes", said the firefighters.
The child was desperately transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, while his mother, in shock, was also taken care of by the relief workers.