The bodies of four young adults were recovered on Friday February 11 in Pontivy (Morbihan) after their car ended its race in the Nantes-Brest canal, for an as yet undetermined reason, we learned from concordant sources.
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These are four clearly identified young men, one was 33 years old, the other three about 22 years old, who were in training at the Adult Training Center in Pontivy
", indicated in an email the vice-prosecutor of Lorient, stating that first aid had been notified at 9:30 a.m.
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The first investigations carried out by the Pontivy research brigade, the Vannes criminal investigation cell and the underwater investigators of the gendarmerie tend to show that it was a road accident
", added the prosecutor. .
According to Morbihan firefighters, the car was found in the canal and gendarmerie divers were mobilized to find the bodies.
According to an assistant to the mayor of Pontivy joined by AFP, the four young people were following the same training at the Gros Chêne Training Center and were in boarding school "
in a very small promotion
".
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It probably happened overnight or even in the evening, we don't know why the car left the road.
The temperature was negative but the road was not icy, it's dramatic
, ”commented the assistant.
Investigations are continuing to clarify the circumstances of the tragedy.