One body each recovered from Lake Aegeri and Lake Zug
Published: Sunday, Jul 21st 2024, 12:40
Updated At: Sunday, Jul 21st 2024, 12:50
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Two dead people were recovered from bodies of water in the canton of Zug within two hours on Saturday afternoon. A lifeless man was recovered from Lake Aegeri at a bathing establishment in Oberägeri and a dead woman from Lake Zug in Hünenberg See.
The man's body was discovered early Saturday afternoon by swimmers at the Ägeri swimming pool a few meters from the shore, as the Zug cantonal police announced on Sunday lunchtime. The man was subsequently brought ashore and resuscitated by private individuals and the lifeguard. Despite the resuscitation measures, it was only possible to determine that the man had died.
At 3.45 p.m., the emergency services were then deployed to Hünenberg See, where private individuals had also discovered the lifeless body of a woman on the shore of Lake Zug. In this case, too, the woman's death could only be determined, as the police reported.
The identities of the deceased were still unclear on Sunday and were the subject of further investigations, according to a statement. The same applied to the cause of death, as a spokeswoman for the Zug cantonal police told the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. However, according to the investigations carried out so far by the Zug police and the public prosecutor's office of the canton of Zug, there were no indications of any third party involvement on Sunday afternoon.
The two bodies were transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Zurich to clarify the cause of death.
More and more deaths in Swiss waters
People regularly die in Swiss waters: around a week ago, the search for a Romanian man who drowned in the Linth near Schänis SG was suspended. At the end of June, the body of a man and a sailing boat were discovered at a depth of 80 meters in Oberwil ZG in Lake Zug. Three days earlier, a male body was discovered by kayakers in Lake Constance.
On a ten-year average, the Swiss Life Saving Association (SLRG) counts 45 drowning deaths per year, with the majority of accidents occurring in lakes and rivers. According to the SLRG, 36 people drowned in Swiss waters in 2023.
The highest number of drowning victims in almost 20 years was recorded for the previous year. Back then, 63 people drowned, meaning the number of victims was almost 40 percent higher than the long-term average. Not since 2003, the hot summer, have so many people drowned in Swiss waters as in 2022.
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