Overview
- Police say early indications point to a slip at the basin edge during a routine inspection.
- The colleague spotted him floating around 9 a.m. and alerted emergency services, who could only confirm his death.
- Investigators are working to determine the exact sequence of events and how long he was in the basin.
- The incident occurred at the wastewater plant in Mitterfels in the Straubing-Bogen district of Lower Bavaria.
- Firefighters recovered the body after water-rescue teams were dispatched to the site.