This summer, New Aquitaine is the second region most affected (92) by drownings behind Occitanie (134), according to the latest point from Public Health France (SPF), which reported on Friday almost 600 drownings, including nearly a third fatal, in France since the beginning of June.
Thus, a 54-year-old man and a 51-year-old mother died by drowning in the past 24 hours on two beaches on the Gironde coast, we learned from firefighters on Monday. Monday morning, around 9:30 a.m., a 54-year-old man drowned at the central beach of Soulac-sur-Mer, and could not be resuscitated despite the intervention of the emergency services, said the firefighters of Gironde.
She was trying to help two of her children trapped by a baïne
The day before shortly before 9 p.m., a 51-year-old mother lost her life by drowning and cardio-respiratory arrest in Lacanau, despite the intervention of the emergency services. According to the local press, the victim was trying to help two of his children trapped in the current of a baïne, before drowning. The children were brought back to the beach safely by surfers.
The entire coast of New Aquitaine had been placed on “maximum alert” during the weekend for the baïnes currents, which can quickly lead offshore.