At least 15 people have died in swimming accidents across Germany since Friday during a heatwave. The victims include children, teenagers and adults in various bodies of water.
The deaths occurred in several locations. A 17-year-old was recovered dead on Sunday from a quarry lake in Peine in Lower Saxony. On Saturday a 27-year-old drowned in the Neckar near Heidelberg and a 30-year-old died in a bathing lake near Neuhofen south of Mannheim.
Further incidents were reported from Berlin where two men died in different waters. In North Rhine-Westphalia a six-year-old child died in the Herner Meer on the Rhine-Herne Canal. In Hesse a 40-year-old was recovered dead from the Raunheim forest lake.
Already on Friday a 45-year-old man died in the Seepark Lünen near Dortmund. An eight-year-old boy was recovered dead after a two-hour search from a bathing lake in Isernhagen near Hanover. Two older men drowned in Lake Constance. The heatwave brought temperatures above 40 degrees.
