Divers on the lake searching – unfortunately the siblings could only be recovered dead Photo: Steffen Ittig/NEWS5/dpa
By Martin Wichmann
Death drama on a frozen lake near Westhausen! Divers made a sad discovery there on Saturday morning. In a small reservoir they found the bodies of a 13-year-old boy and his 22-year-old sister.
The siblings from Westhausen were last seen in a car around 4 p.m. on Friday and did not return home. According to BZ information, the father and other relatives first went looking for his two children.
Rescue workers on shore Photo: Steffen Ittig/NEWS5/dpa
Shortly before midnight, the man found his daughter’s car parked by the water. Because the father assumed the worst, he alerted the emergency services. The Coburg water rescue service was used to illuminate the lake.
Then the shock: The emergency services discovered a hole in the approximately 2 to three centimeters thick ice surface and a shoe that was floating on the water surface. The rescuers reached the burglary site in a rubber dinghy, where they found a female body, followed shortly afterwards by that of a boy. Both bodies floated under the ice sheet.
A rescue helicopter was requested, but an emergency doctor could only determine the death of the siblings, who must have been in the ice-cold water for hours. The police are investigating the course of the accident. The relatives are cared for by pastors.