Unknown Experienced diver and Newbie both drown - Montulat quarry, France

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Deux plongeurs meurent noyés dans une ancienne carrière en Haute-Vienne

Les deux victimes effectuaient une sortie en club dans l'ancienne carrière de Montulat près de Limoges

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An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of the tragedy. Two people in their sixties drowned on Wednesday during an outing to a former quarry in Haute-Vienne , a well-known site converted into a diving center , we learned this Thursday from the gendarmerie.

According to the newspaper La Nouvelle République , the victims, a "seasoned" diver who had been registered with a club for 30 years and a new enthusiast, who had been licensed for a year and held a level 1 diver's certificate, were members of the Montmorillon diving club, a town in the neighbouring department of Vienne, around forty kilometres from the site.

Firefighter training site​

The duo was part of a two-group outing from the Aquarillon club in Montmorillon, in the water on Wednesday in the old Montulat quarry, located 40 km north of Limoges . Very popular with divers in the region, the site also serves as a training ground for firefighters.

"The water was not cold, they were trained, the equipment was good, they knew the site, it's incomprehensible," a source close to the case told an AFP correspondent.

When contacted, the mayor of Montmorillon and the club did not wish to comment immediately.