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20-Year-Old Drowns While Trying to Cross the Main in Lohr am Main

Investigators classify the death as an apparent accident pending review of video evidence.

Overview

  • The 20-year-old entered the Main at Lohr am Main on Saturday afternoon to swim across and then went under for reasons not yet known.
  • People in his group on the riverbank called for help after losing sight of him.
  • Firefighters, water rescue teams, and police searched the river and recovered him without signs of life.
  • Medics tried to resuscitate him at the scene, but he could not be revived.
  • Kriminalpolizei Würzburg and the public prosecutor are reviewing videos and other evidence to confirm the accident theory and to explain why he entered the cold water.