updated4. August 2022, 10:08
Stein am Rhein SH3 tourists want to cool off and are swept away by the current
The tourists wanted to cool off standing in the river and were swept away by it. Two stand-up paddlers and employees of the Riipark lido were able to save her.
On Friday afternoon, two stand-up paddlers and an employee of the Riipark lido rescued three tourists from the Rhine near Stein am Rhein, according to the Schaffhausen police on Thursday.
The tourists had therefore intended to cool off standing in the Rhine, but they underestimated the current and the sloping bank of the river and were carried away by it, it is said. Due to their plight, they cried out for help. Two stand-up paddlers and a lido employee
The three people were then able to rescue Riipark and bring them to the shore of the bathing establishment in Stein am Rhein.
No persons were injured in this incident. In this context, the Schaffhausen police refer to the current prevention campaign Ufmrhy.ch hin.