Two teenagers from Toulouse drowned this Saturday, May 21, while a third person, who was with them, was able to be rescued.
A tragedy took place this Saturday, May 21, in Narbonne-Plage. Two teenagers from Toulouse drowned. A third young adult was able to be rescued.
A game of ball that turns to drama
They were coming from Toulouse to spend the day at the beach. The only major of the band who drove, say our colleagues from the Independent. It was he, the only survivor, who told the rescuers that they were playing ball on the beach and that it was while trying to recover the ball that had fallen into the water that his two friends, aged only 17, got into the water.
Unfortunately, strong currents invisible to the naked eye pulled the two youngsters out to sea.
Large resources mobilized
The SDIS has mobilized large resources to help the Toulouse group. Dragon 66 was sent to the scene, it was the CROS which directed the search operations and sent the nautical reinforcements from Valras and Gruissan, inform us The Independent still. To rescue the victims, the Samu 11 helicopter was also on the site.
The two youngest might not be saved
Several witnesses to the tragedy bravely jumped into the water to try to save them. The adult friend, who also ended up getting in the water to try to bring his two friends back to shore, was pulled out of the water alive. Unfortunately, the first teenager brought back to the mainland was in cardiopulmonary arrest. The emergency services, who performed cardiac massage, were unable to resuscitate him.
The search took longer to find the third. Thanks to the directions of the two girls, the rescuers finally spotted him. Under water, 2 meters deep, the firefighters dived, then brought back to earth. He too might not be saved.
In a state of shock, the young adult was hospitalized in Narbonne. The bodies of the two minors rest this Saturday evening in the funeral home.
