For the drowning couple, the police jumped and they managed to pull the woman and the child ashore. “They had to hand over the child to doctors in a serious condition,” the police published on their Twitter.
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The child was airlifted to the General University Hospital in Prague.
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A woman with a child was drowning in Blanica
Video: Aktu.cz
Three rescue ground crews and a helicopter intervened on the spot.
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“After being taken out of the water, the minor had to be provided with resuscitation care and then transported by air to one of Prague’s hospitals. The other person had a hypothermia and was transferred to a catchment medical facility in a stable condition, “Zuzana Fajtlová, a spokeswoman for the South Bohemian ambulance, told ČTK.
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South Bohemian Region – An empty woman with a child is drowning on an empty pram on the bridge and in the river Blanica. An officer from the Vodňany district saw this an hour ago, jumped into the river and pulled out a woman and a child. The child had to be handed over to the doctors in a serious condition. Why did the woman do it? We’ll find out! Poldům???? # policiejck
– Police of the Czech Republic (@PolicieCZ) December 1, 2021
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The police did not specify how the woman and the child got into the river. However, the mentioned tweet shows that the woman jumped into the river with the child alone.
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A woman with a small child was drowning in Blanica
However, the spokesman for the South Bohemian police, Milan Bajcura, has so far refused to confirm such a version.
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“An investigation is underway on the site, we must honor the presumption of innocence, we will provide further information tomorrow (Thursday),” he told News. Neither the age nor the state of health of the woman wanted to comment.
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