Actress Nadia Farès, heroine of Purple Rivers, in serious condition after an accident in a swimming pool

The tragedy took place on Saturday April 11 around 5 p.m. The actress Nadia Farès, known for her role in The Purple Rivers by Mathieu Kassovitz in 2000, was found inanimate in the bottom of a swimming pool at the Blanche sports complex in Paris, reveal our colleagues from Parisian . The 57-year-old actress was doing laps with fins and a board before suddenly losing consciousness and diving underwater for “three to four minutes”.

According to several testimonies collected by our colleagues, two swimmers came to her aid and hoisted her out of the water before dragging her to the stairs. The two individuals then alerted the emergency services and performed cardiac massage. The actress also seen in the series Marseille was then taken care of by the firefighters before being taken in absolute emergency to the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital, where she was resuscitated.

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Always according to The ParisianNadia Farès is currently in serious condition and placed in an artificial coma. An investigation was opened by the IX police^e district of Paris to determine the circumstances of the tragedy. Free Midday informs that the images from the CCTV cameras of the Blanche sports complex are currently being analyzed by the authorities.