►YOU MAY BE INTERESTED: The stifling heat will be felt this Friday with a maximum of 37°
“A player who knew how to win the affection of others and had a tireless will to learn and participate in this sport,” reads the statement from the entity that brings together table tennis players in the province. And it closes: “We accompany his family and send them a lot of strength in this difficult time.”
Lionel had gone to bathe with some friends in the water canal
Around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, several calls to 911 alerted a person who could not leave the Cacique Guaymallén canalat the intersection of the Costanera side with Montecaseros Street, in the department of Godoy Cruz.
The neighbors and passersby in the area also despaired at the cries for help of Lionel’s friends, who had gone with him to bathe in the water channel. And they saw that the teenager was drowning.
Young man drowned in the Cacique Guaymallén canal.jpeg
According to witnesses at the scene, the young man had been dragged by the current of water and it would have gotten stuck in one of the floodgates of the channel.
►YOU MAY BE INTERESTED: The stifling heat will be felt this Friday with a maximum of 37°
Given the heat wave that is being experienced this Friday, the population is asked not to bathe in the water of canals, ditches, ditches or aquifer conduits in the province. And remember that it is strictly prohibited to do so.
