“We are no longer looking for a living person.”. The information came from the Namur fire brigade this Saturday, late in the afternoon.
Two hours earlier, after 3 p.m., they were alerted by witnesses of a person falling into the Meuse. A team of divers immediately rushed to the scene with a zodiac. But, despite their rapid intervention, and precise indications from witnesses at the scene as to the location of the fall, the person was never found. Obviously, she quickly sank and drowned. Was she the victim of hydrocution? It’s possible. Other witnesses spoke of the passage of a boat. A barge ? A cruise ship? In any case, in its wake, the swirling water would have drowned the young man.
The witnesses also informed the Namur firefighters that the person had voluntarily thrown themselves into the water, in full view of everyone. Initially, the thesis of a desperate act was favored. In reality, the young victim was out in the center of Namur in the company of friends. According to our information, she took on the challenge of diving into the river. Passing people would have tried, but in vain, to dissuade him from committing this imprudence. We know the disastrous outcome.
“We stayed there for about an hour. After this time, it is no longer possible to hope to find a living person,” firefighters said as they called off the search.
Furthermore, no worrying disappearances had yet been reported.
