Firefighters illustration. – E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes
A banal family canoe trip on Sunday on the Doubs turned into a tragedy. The boat overturned in the early afternoon near Baume-les-Dames and the father drowned, reports
Eastern Republican.
The man, 44 years old and who had not put on a life jacket, could not be resuscitated in time by the firefighters. His 3 and a half year old boy was saved from water at 10 ° C thanks to his life jacket and the intervention of the emergency services. He was rushed to hospital, as the couple’s mother and another 11-year-old child helplessly watched the tragedy.