The Government Delegate in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, He was already declared dead this Tuesday. to the 25-year-old man who disappeared this Tuesday on Pita beach in La Cuerda del Pozo (Soria). The events occurred yesterday around 6 p.m., when the 112 of Castilla y León received a call reporting a missing person in the aforementioned marsh. submerged while riding a pedal-powered jet ski with several people on boardAmong them was his girlfriend, who saw him sink without being able to do anything to stop it. She didn’t know how to swim and he didn’t know how to swim very well.
In this context, Sen explained that At 8:45 a.m., the search resumed. which is carried out by the GEAS team composed of five members, people who are also civil guards attached to Seprona and also civil guards of the area.
“Let us hope and trust that In the next few hours, the body of this young man could be found“, concluded the delegate.
In this regard, the Civil Guard, responsible for coordinating the search for the body, stressed that The search will be “complicated” because the exact point where he disappeared is unknown. and because the waters are “very murky.” “There is visibility only in the first 50 centimeters of water, so the search is done by touch,” he said.
This happened about 500 meters from the Playa Pita pier area, where HE It is estimated that there may be a depth of more than ten metersThe Cuerda del Pozo reservoir is currently at almost 60 percent of its capacity.
GEAS began to carry out circular searches. The technique used involves anchoring a buoy and searching in a circle.gradually expanding these circles. If this method did not work, they would use a second grid technique, delimiting different areas. Lines, which are weighted ropes, are launched by tracing grids on the bottom, to know where they have already searched.
The missing man’s 24-year-old girlfriend and the young man’s relatives arrived later They are supported by the Red Cross psychology service.
A statement from the Government Subdelegation of Soria, collected by the Ical Agency, highlights that The last time similar events occurred in this area was on August 6, 2017. when a 22-year-old Soria resident from Gambia dove into the water from a rented jet ski and sank. His body was found on the morning of August 10.
Previously, In 2012, a Uruguayan citizen, resident of Burgos, also disappeared while swimming. around a water skate. His body was found on August 25, although he had disappeared on the 23rd.
