A 45-year-old tourist disappeared in Cauterets (Hautes-Pyrénées) after falling into a river on Thursday May 4, in front of his wife and children, we learned from the gendarmerie.
This man from the Bordeaux region fell into the Gave de Cauterets at midday, and has not been found since, said this source.
A dozen gendarmes, as well as firefighters from the Group for Recognition and Intervention in Perilous Environments (GRIMP) arrived on the spot after the alert given by the wife of the missing person.
Gendarmes and rescuers stopped their search at the end of the day, but specified that they would resume Friday morning, when the waters of the Gave are particularly agitated at this time of year.