Several people tried to help the man, in vain. Around 4 p.m., a man fell into the river, rue du port in Daon, a town in the south of the Mayenne department.
“Despite quick action by witnesses, the man disappeared below the surface“explain the firefighters. Very quickly, the emergency services began research, helped by a team of underwater divers from the gendarmerie.
4 hours of research
After several hours probing the river, the lifeless body of the 82-year-old man was brought to the surface around 8 p.m.. A total of 16 firefighters were mobilized as well as a dozen gendarmes.