A brother and a sister, aged 7 and 12, belonging to a Ukrainian family recently housed in France, died after falling into a retention basin in Grand Bourgtheroulde in the Eure. An investigation into the causes of death has been opened by the Évreux prosecutor’s office.
An investigation into the causes of death was opened after the death of two Ukrainian children who fell into a retention basin in the Eure, we learned on Saturday from the Evreux prosecutor’s office. A brother and a sister, aged 7 and 12, belonging to a Ukrainian family who had recently moved to France, were playing near this retention basin in Grand Bourgtheroulde on Friday before ending up in the water, we were told. indicated from the same source, confirming information from Paris-Normandy.
The circumstances of the tragedy “are being elucidated”, added the same source, adding that the retention basin had a closing mechanism.
An attempt at resuscitation
According to information from the daily newspaper, the prosecution believes that the children could not get out of the water. always according to Paris-Normandy, the 5-year-old little sister alerted the father, who contacted the fire brigade directly by telephone. The two children were pronounced dead by the medical team after an attempt to revive them.
Last October, the State estimated at 10,000 the number of Ukrainian refugees who left France after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to return to their country of origin.