Overview

• The children were reported missing by their gens du voyage family before being discovered wrapped in an uncovered pool cover at about 8 p.m.
• Emergency responders pronounced both eight-year-olds in cardio-respiratory arrest and were unable to revive them despite multiple resuscitation attempts.
• The above-ground private pool had no safety cover, fence or alarm as required by French law for such installations.
• The Parquet de Grasse has opened a formal inquiry and tasked Antibes police with determining whether negligence or safety lapses led to the drownings.
• Santé publique France reports 193 drowning deaths since June, including 27 children, with private pools the leading site of youth fatalities this summer.