Current was their doom
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They wanted to bathe in the Rhine, but the current was their doom: A five-year-old boy and his mother drowned in Trebur in the Rhine in Hesse. The woman’s 13-year-old daughter was saved from the river.
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The passer-by pulled the woman out of the water
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According to a police report, the five-year-old went under while bathing in the water. After he disappeared, the mother tried to save him. However, she herself was in need and had to be pulled out of the water by a passerby. The 30-year-old then ran into the Rhine again and also went under. Her 13-year-old daughter had also tried to help her brother in the river. Water protection brought the girl ashore unscathed.
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The mother and son were found after one and two hours of searching. Despite attempts at resuscitation, the two could not be saved. According to a police spokesman, witnesses to the accident should now be heard.
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The current in the Rhine is so dangerous
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