Par
Eloïse Aubé
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A week after the drama, we know a little more about the circumstances of the drowning of a 15 -year -old in Le Havre on Tuesday August 19, 2025. In a press release released this Monday, August 25, Soizic Guillaume, a publication of the Republic within the Cité Océane, specifies The continuation of the investigation and the complaint of the victim’s father.
Autopsy confirms drowning
Two educators of a home located in Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime) Accompany five minors at Le Havre beach. Around 4 p.m., the teenager leaves to swim with a friend but It is recommended that he do not go away knowing that he does not know how to swim.
A few minutes later, the friend in question challenges another swimmer, telling him that he no longer sees his partner.
This swimmer was looking for the victim, while the educators and the emergency services were alerted.
The young man is finally found in cardio-respiratory arrest and died in the evening in the hospital. “The autopsy confirmed that this minor had died by drowning,” said the magistrate.
The father files a complaint
An investigation is therefore open from the chief manual homicide by clumsiness, recklessness or breach of an obligation of security or prudence.
Thus, “findings could be made and the various protagonists heard. It emerges from these investigations that the victim has been recovered Outside the supervised swimming area And that the group had not reported to the rescuers before their arrival ”.
The young boy’s father decided to file a complaint. The investigations are continuing.
According to public health France, between June 1 and July 23, 2025, 702 drownings took place in France, against 468 last year over the same period. A jum of 50 %, involving 193 deaths, including 27 in children and adolescents (against 15 in 2024).
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