Overview

• A neighbor alerted authorities when the 66-year-old swimmer disappeared beneath the surface of a lake south of Ulm
• Rescue crews deploying boats, divers and a helicopter located and resuscitated the man before he was flown to a hospital with serious injuries
• Divers recovered the body of a 67-year-old man in the Isar after he left home without essential medication
• The causes of both the near-fatal submersion and the fatal river discovery remain unclear as police continue their inquiries
• These cases are the latest in a series of drowning and near-drowning incidents in German waterways this year, prompting renewed safety warnings