The emergency services were called on Sunday around 2.30 p.m. for a person drowning at the De Plas recreation area in Houthalen-Helchteren (Limburg).
All bathers had to leave the bathing area and the beach was evacuated in order to search for the missing person. She was eventually able to be pulled out of the water, but died on the spot.
The prosecution and the scientific police descended on the scene.