The presence of the vehicle in the Gave had been reported the day before, Monday, at the end of the day. Witnesses had seen the wheels flush with the surface of the water. At the same time, the gendarmes had been informed by relatives of the disappearance of a person who had not been heard from since Sunday.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene but the emergency response was made impossible due to excessive current.
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Operations were restarted this Tuesday morning. The vehicle was able to be extracted from the watercourse using a crane.
An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of the tragedy even if the hypothesis of an accident seems favored. “Investigations are continuing,” the prosecution said on Tuesday.
“Unanimously appreciated”
The identity of the unfortunate man has since been confirmed. He is a 27-year-old young man, operations director since 2020 at the Soeix agricultural high school, where he had company accommodation. “He was from Reunion Island and had quickly integrated to the point of being unanimously appreciated,” specifies a relative of the victim.
And if the Olrone agricultural high school is in mourning, this is also the case of the Entente Aramits Asasp, the rugby club where he played in the second line of the pennant team, in federal 2. There too, he was the unanimously: a “great guy” and a “player and runner” 2nd line. The club lowered its flag to half-mast on its Facebook page this Tuesday. He had also played this Sunday, before taking the wheel. His grieving parents are expected from Reunion.
