Man, 40, dies trying to cross the Channel after small boat deflates
The Guardian|October 28, 2024
Diane Taylor

A 40-year-old man died yesterday trying to cross the Channel from northern France to the UK.

According to the prefecture in Calais, the man was of Indian heritage and had a cardiac arrest after the boat he was in with about 50 other men, women and children deflated minutes after leaving the French shore.

Everyone swam back to the shore but he collapsed and resuscitation attempts by emergency services on the beach failed to revive him.

The incident happened at about 5.30am local time (0430 GMT) off the coast of the town of Tardinghen.

It brings the death toll this year among people making the perilous journey to 57 - the deadliest year so far for Channel crossings.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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