Thursday evening, a resident of Auterive lost his life as he was trying to go through the lake of La Thésauque, between Nailloux and Montgeard. Despite the rapid intervention of the leisure center manager and firefighters, the body of J., 18, was found immersed. An autopsy must determine the exact causes of the drama.
Under the light of the sun, the dark waters of the lake of the Thesauque – shared between Nailloux and Montgeard – seem more soft. This Friday, in the middle of the lake, a white buoy float. The firefighters installed it the day before, a few minutes after the discovery of the body of J., 18. The mud had almost buried him. Only his arms emerged when the rescuers found it. It was already too late.
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It was 7:30 p.m. The rescuers of the bathing area had left for 1:30. Nicolas, manager of the leisure center opened in 2016, was still on site. “I was counting the box of the refreshment bar. I saw two of my employees getting into a boat. They told me that a man was drowning. I took another boat and I joined them. I quickly understood that we would not find him, I know the lake. I still took diving equipment to search in depth. When my oxygen bottle was emptied, I saw the nautical team. he says. When he heard the two-in-law of the help, he understood that J. would not come back. “In fifteen years of profession, this is the first time that I have faced a death.”
“One more soul that watches …”
This young man, from Auterive, had not planned to bathe this Thursday. After his working day, at McDonald’s, he joined his group of friends for a weight training session. They raised cast iron for two hours. J. then offered to end the day at the lake. None of them had their bathing business. The heat convinced the hesitant. There were four of them. Two of them, the best swimmers, crossed the lake. The youngest in the 16 -year -old group also tried it. J. joined it.
After a few meters, he started to struggle, shout, to ask for help. No one was able to save him. “We do not understand what could have happened. He could have suffered a cramp or he was panicked …”, presupposes a source close to the file. An autopsy should be carried out to specify the exact circumstances of his death.
This Friday, witnesses were heard by the police. Several regulars of the premises are in shock. “It is atypical what has happened. In the past, we had never seen such a tragedy,” slips a bather. The mayor of Montgeard, Serge Kondryszyn, “deplores this drama” and is “all the whole with the family”.
Nicolas, the manager of the leisure center, did not sleep from the night. Looking at the bustle around the bathing area, he philosopher: “One more soul that watches over the living.”