Death found in the surf pond of Waalwijk, probably drowned yesterday

WAALWIJK – Police found a body in the pond of Vijverlaan in Waalwijk. Probably this is a swimmer who has been missing since Friday. Firefighters were present with a boat, a drone and divers looking for the body. There are also divers in the water at a marked place. According to witnesses, it 's probably a man from Eastern Europe aged 20 to 25 years old. The police know who the victim is.

On Friday night, a young man landed in the water at Vijverlaan in Waalwijk. The spectators were there to testify. Fire department divers searched for hours on Friday, but stopped when it was too dark. Saturday morning, the search was continued

. In shock
Edith van der Mee wanted to go fishing on Friday. She says she saw the young man greet friends across the street and suspect that he wanted to swim to them. The water is rather shallow on the side, but in the middle much deeper, about 25 meters. There, the water is also much colder, so it could get in trouble and disappear under water.

Friends were clearly in shock on Friday. "I saw his companion sitting here and he was crying so hard," says Van der Mee. And I tend to put an arm around him. It was so pathetic. "

A group of kids just wanted to swim when the man disappeared." I had just taken out my polo shirt to go to the water when I heard that someone was drowning, "says a boy," one of his friends drove someone away. one with a pool near the man, but he was not able to get him out of the water.

Frightened swimmers plead for surveillance at the surf pond for Prevent such accidents in the future.

Edith van der Mee was at the surf pond on Friday when the drama occurred