The first death was recorded on Saturday June 29.
In Nice, three people lost their lives by drowning in the space of three days. A sad toll at the start of the summer season. The first death dates back to the morning of Saturday, June 29. A lifeless body, identified as that of a man in his thirties, was recovered from the port. The victim may have fallen from the sea wall, according to information from Le Figaro.
Two more deaths in the following days
On Sunday late afternoon, on the Ponchettes beach near the Promenade des Anglais, another person lost his life despite the intervention of the emergency services. It was a 40-year-old man who drowned.about twenty meters from the shore after visibly running out of breath due to the strong swell“, still according to the same source. Given the weather conditions (gusts of around 70 km/h and waves exceeding 1.50 m), beaches were evacuated by the police and red flags were raised. The latter prohibit swimming due to dangerous conditions for swimmers but also for sea rescues.
A third victim was discovered on the night of Monday to Tuesday at Coccon Beach. He is a young man aged “twenty years old, fully clothed, in cardiorespiratory arrest following drowning“. He could not be resuscitated.
