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Montvalent : Décès d’un spéléoplongeur dans une cavité immergée de la résurgence de Saint-Georges
Drame ce 29 août 2024. Ce jeudi 29 août, en début d’après-midi, les pompiers de Martel, de la direction départementale de Gramat et une équipe de plongeurs ont été engagés dans une cavité immergée…

This Thursday, August 29, early in the afternoon, the firefighters of Martel, the departmental direction of Gramat and a team of divers were engaged in a submerged cavity of the resurgence of Saint-Georges, commune of Montvalent, to rescue a 32-year-old cave diver in absolute emergency. The man was participating in a training course as a supervisor. Despite the intervention of the emergency services, he died. The Marseillan nautical brigade and the French Spéléo-Secours were called to bring up the body of the victim located far from the main entrance of the network (it was brought up on August 30 at around 4:30 p.m.). An investigation was entrusted to the gendarmerie of Lot to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.