The day was perfect for an exit by the water. And she turned to drama. An 11-year-old child, presenting autistic disorders, died this Tuesday, August 12 in early afternoon, during an activity organized at the Interdepartmental Sports Park in Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne) by the Kotchever leisure center in Paris (XVIIIe).
It is 12:35 pm, according to a police source, when the child escapes the surveillance of an animator. The young woman immediately asks for help. It is one of his colleagues who sees the victim, immersed in a pontoon around 1:20 p.m. The man throws himself into the water. But it is too late. The child is already on cardiorespiratory arrest. Rescuers provide him with massages to try to revive him. In vain. A doctor declared the death at 2:05 p.m.
How many children and supervisors?
The Créteil prosecution, which has not yet been able to answer us this Wednesday morning, opened an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the drama and identify the causes of death, which took place in“A nautical area and not a swimming area”said the prosecutor of the Republic assistant to our colleagues by Paris Ile-de-France.
According to another source, the victim did not participate in a bathing activity. “Besides, there are none at the Interdepartmental Park,” emphasizes this other source. There was a nautical activity in which children knowing how to swim at least. The others had to stay by the water. »»
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For its part, the Paris town hall, on which the leisure center which organized the exit depends, announced that it opened an administrative inquiry.
The question is obviously to know how such a drama is possible. For this education professional, “the lack of human resources strongly complicates the management and safety of the most vulnerable children”. “For a long time, animation unions have alerted the supervision of children with disabilities, contextualizes the same source. They claim that an additional agent be assigned to each young person requiring individualized support, instead of the current ratio of a animator for five children. »»
A meeting for parents is already planned
How many children and animators participated in the exit organized this Tuesday at the Sports Interdepartmental Park in Choisy-le-Roi? Contacted on this subject, the town hall of Paris has not answered us for the time being. In a press release sent earlier in the morning, it “assures the family [de la victime] of his most sad and united thoughts in the face of this drama ”.
In addition, “as a conservatory, the Discovery Space Choisy Nautique will be closed in the coming days, adds the Paris town hall. A The psychological support for the child’s family and for other young people in the center has been activated. A meeting for families of children attending the leisure center is organized to answer their questions. “The city of Paris finally undertakes” to do everything to support the relatives of the child “.
Only a few hours after this death, in the Yvelines, another child narrowly escaped drowning. In Poissy, shortly after 4 p.m., a five -year -old girl lost foot at the Migneaux swimming pool. Fortunately the rescuers were able to intervene quickly. When they took care of it, she had lost consciousness. But she was renamed quickly before being transported to hospital. At the time of his transport, his state of health did not inspire any concern. The pool, evacuated, remained closed the rest of the day.
