A swim turned tragic in the suburbs of Strasbourg. A 22-year-old woman died after drowning in Lake Achard, where an intense heat wave raged on Sunday, we learned from firefighters.
The young woman disappeared at the end of the afternoon while bathing with friends in this lake, in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, according to The Latest News from Alsace. She sank and did not rise to the surface, according to the newspaper. Firefighters found his body after two hours of searching.
“It is with deep sadness that I learn this evening of the death of a 22-year-old young woman following drowning and despite the intervention of the emergency services in Lake Achard in Illkirch-Graffenstaden”, declared the president of Strasbourg Eurometropolis, Pia Imbs. “These periods of high heat are conducive to swimming activities and I call on everyone to be extremely vigilant,” she recalled.
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