Swimming accident near Altendorf SZ Man (84) recovered dead in Lake Zurich

A man (84) died in a swimming accident in Lake Zurich. Despite the quickly initiated rescue measures, the pensioner died at the scene.

The Schwyz cantonal police received a report shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday that a man could no longer be found after going into the water in Lake Zurich. During the immediately initiated search operation, the 84-year-old was located by the lake rescue service at a depth of just over 3 meters and rescued by police divers.

Despite the quickly initiated rescue measures, the pensioner died at the scene.

The Pfäffikon lake rescue service, Rega, a rescue service, the public prosecutor's office of the canton of Schwyz and the Schwyz cantonal police were deployed.