A passerby dives to save a sixty-year-old woman who fell into the Meuse

The events took place this Tuesday around 4 p.m. at Mont-Olympe in Charleville-Mézières. According to information from L'Ardennais, a man courageously dove into the Meuse to rescue a sixty-year-old woman who had just fallen into the river.

According to the testimony of a kayaker, the 62-year-old victim fell after sliding along the bank, at the greenway. Rescued by a passerby, she would then have been taken care of by the firefighters.

The victim transported to Charleville-Mézières hospital

A bowler present not far from the river clarified: “I saw the emergency vehicles arriving, there were two or three fire and police vehicles parked. » Another witness, a fisherman, said he saw the firefighters board a small boat to rescue the victim.

Still according to our colleagues, the 62-year-old woman was hypothermic and disoriented when she was treated. She was transported by ambulance to the Manchester hospital center, in the north of the Ardennes, after an initial examination with the Samu doctor, present on the scene.