Firefighters responded after a youngster and his brother had been reported lacking at Lac du Lampy (illustrative picture). – Franck Lodi / Sipa
Two brothers aged 12 and 16 had been discovered useless by divers on Monday after a paddle boarding journey on the Lampy lake within the Aude, we discovered from the gendarmerie. A lake banned for swimming and water sports activities for over a month.
Aude: two youngsters aged 12 and 16 needed on Lake Lampy, the physique of considered one of them discovered drowned https://t.co/T3moJ0G5qb
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It was the dad and mom who sounded the alarm once they found the paddle board with out its occupants.
A dam lake prohibited for swimming and water actions
The 2 brothers had climbed on this boat, whereas since June 23 a municipal decree prohibited swimming and water actions on this physique of water within the Black Mountain, stated the identical supply. Shortly an essential analysis machine was arrange with two helicopters, ten gendarmes and twenty firefighters together with divers and a ship.
The physique of the youngest was found by divers on the finish of the afternoon whereas that of his brother was not discovered till round 8:30 p.m., stated the SDIS of Aude.
The Lampy basin is a dam lake positioned within the city of Saissac, which is a part of the infrastructures of the Canal du Midi.
