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16-Year-Old Drowns in Forbidden River Zone in Ardennes

The Parquet de Charleville-Mézières has opened a judicial inquiry with forensic examinations under way.

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Overview

  • Investigators have begun interviewing witnesses to reconstruct the circumstances of the June 28 incident in Thugny-Trugny
  • Medico-legal teams are conducting examinations to determine the precise causes of the drowning
  • Firefighters’ divers recovered the teenager from a clearly signposted no-swim area and a SMUR doctor’s resuscitation attempts failed
  • France Victimes has been engaged to provide psychological support to the bereaved family
  • Officials noted that the Ardennes were not subject to a heatwave alert at the time of the tragedy