Igaratá Dam - file image. Bruna Capasciutti/TV Vanguarda A 46-year-old man drowned on Sunday night (19) in a dam in Igaratá, in the interior of São Paulo. According to the police report, the case happened around 7:15 pm, in a dam area in the Portal de Igaratá neighborhood. The witness who was with the victim told the Civil Police that the two were spending the day there, when Marcos Sales Silva entered the water to swim. At one point, he decided to try to cross the dam, but, after swimming about 10 meters, he submerged and never returned to the surface. ? Click here to follow the g1 Vale do Paraíba and region channel on WhatsApp People who were at the scene called the Fire Department, who began the search. The victim's body was found in the early evening.
Man drowns while trying to swim across a dam in Igaratá
Igaratá Dam - file image. Bruna Capasciutti/TV Vanguarda A 46-year-old man drowned on Sunday night (19) in a dam in Igaratá, in the interior of São Paulo. According to the police report, the case happened around 7:15...
According to the victim's brother-in-law, Marcos was staying in a construction workers' accommodation, where he worked as a construction assistant. The Civil Police registered the case as a suspicious death resulting from possible drowning and will investigate the circumstances of the incident. According to the bulletin, the property where the accident occurred has monitoring cameras, and the police must check if there are images that could help clarify the dynamics of the events. See more news from Vale do Paraíba and the Bragantina region
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