A 23-year-old drowns in the Navacerrada reservoir (Madrid)

06/12/2022 at 02:56

EST


He lost his footing in the dark in an area of ​​the reservoir that did not cover

A 23-year-old has died drowned when it submerged tonight in the Navacerrada reservoirwhere he was with four other boys.

A spokesman for emergencies of the Community of Madrid has informed Efe that around 11:45 p.m. the coordinating center received a call of the young people in which he warned that one of them had entered the water and would not come out.

Apparently the young man, who did not know how to swim, he lost his footing in the dark in an area of ​​the reservoir that did not coverfell and submerged to a depth of two meters.

A few minutes later, a team from the Special Height Rescue Group (GERA) of the Community of Madrid, whose base is near the reservoir, moved to the scene and soon found the young man submerged two meters deep and in cardiorespiratory arrest and, after taking him to shore, cardiopulmonary resuscitation began.

Maneuvers that were continued by the SUMMA assists 112 which lasted for an hour but finally had to confirm the death of the young man.

A SUMMA psychologist treated the friends of the deceased young man, while hea Civil Guard has taken over the investigationadded the spokesman for Emergencies.

ttn-25