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87-Year-Old Man Found Dead at Friedberger Baggersee

Police say investigators view the case as an accidental drowning likely tied to an internal medical problem and they do not suspect third-party involvement.

Overview

  • The man's 76-year-old life partner alerted rescue services after she could not find him while they were in the water together.
  • Wasserwacht, local fire crews and emergency medical teams searched the lake and recovered the man lifeless; resuscitation at the shore failed and the operation ended around 17:00.
  • Kriminaldauerdienst officers attended to reconstruct the incident and police gave an initial assessment that the death was accidental and possibly caused by an internal health issue pending confirmation.
  • On-scene responders named in reports include the Wasserwacht, Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst and the police press office of Polizeipräsidium Schwaben Nord.
  • Local reporting notes this death is one of several fatal bathing incidents in the Aichach-Friedberg and Kissing area this summer, and police corrected the victim's age to 87 after earlier reports.