A day after a fatal accident at a swimming pool in La Chaux-de-Fonds, canton Neuchâtel, the boy who jumped from a diving board and landed on a man has been identified. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The eight-year-old Swiss boy was questioned by the police. He will not be brought before the juvenile criminal court. "Following the appeal for witnesses, the child's family contacted the police," public prosecutor Nicolas Feuz told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA on Thursday. He was confirming a report in the newspaper Le Temps. He emphasised that the work of the lifeguards gave no cause for criticism at the current stage of the investigation. Their intervention in the accident was swift. + More than 50 drownings in Switzerland in 2024 According to the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the lifeguards were fully staffed at the time of the accident on Tuesday. The person responsible for monitoring the diving board alerted her colleagues by radio immediately after ...
