PARIS — One individual has died after making an attempt to cross the English Channel from a seaside in northern France, native authorities stated on Saturday, bringing the dying toll this yr within the perilous waterway to at the least 18.
The Pas-de-Calais division’s prefecture instructed The Related Press {that a} man was present in cardiac arrest on board a ship which had tried to achieve Britain after which turned again towards French shores.
The person was discovered close to Équihen seaside, near the city of Boulogne-sur-mer. He was pronounced useless regardless of the efforts of firefighters to revive him. An investigation into the reason for his dying has been opened.
French media, quoting numbers from France’s Inside ministry, stated 18 individuals have died making an attempt to achieve Britain by sea for the reason that begin of the yr.
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