two neighbors of Saragossa 34 and 31 years old died at noon this Saturday in the gorgol ravine located in the Huesca town of Tramacastilla de Tena, belonging to the municipality of Sallent de Gallego. At the moment the causes that led to the accident are unknown and the Civil Guard indicated that it is most possible that the victims died as a result of drowning. Likewise, the Armed Institute reported that the proceedings will be delivered to the Investigating Court number 2 of Huesca to try to elucidate what happened.
The notice was received at 2:00 p.m. and the Boltaña Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (Greim) traveled to the scene of the events. Professionals from Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Aragon (Imlcfa) who, after the judicial authorization of the removal of the two bodies, transferred the bodies to the San Jorge Hospital in Huesca to carry out the autopsy.
More than 100 liters per square meter
This accident was framed in full development of a DANA, which in this area of the Huesca Pyrenees is leaving important rainfall records such as more than 100 liters at the Formigal-Sarrio station, close to the scene of the events, or more than 70 in Canfranc. Precisely, the entire territory of Aragon was under the yellow alert level this Saturday due to the risk of rain and storms, although for Sunday it will only be activated in the province of Teruel and the Ibérica province of Zaragoza. So much so that the helicopter could not approach there due to the existing weather conditions.
The specialists of Greim They went to the exit area of the ravine and found a group of eight people, some of them performing CPR on the victims. The civil guards continued with these maneuvers for half an hour until the ambulance arrived and the toilets could only confirm two deaths.
“In weather conditions like today, it is not advisable to get into a ravine,” says Jesús Gericó, mayor of Sallent de Gállego
In this regard, the mayor of Sallent de Gállego, Jesús Gericó, who lamented this “fatality” and “tragedy” in the Gorgol ravine. “In weather conditions like today, it is not advisable to get into a ravine,” said Gericó, alluding to the fact that this ravine acts as a drain for the port in such a way that it channels the water that falls at the highest levels. The alderman took the opportunity to remember that the information panels of the A-136 display alert messages for “danger due to strong storms” and, in addition, the Trail Valle de Tena -8K, 8K relay and 4K- organized for this Saturday was suspended due to the bad weather forecasts that were handled by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
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Canyoning professionals agree that it is a good location to start the activity, although the greatest difficulty is in its final part with a 15-meter waterfall that must be carefully jumped because the reception is narrow. The ravine runs along a canyon-gorge and is short-lived.
The last fatal accident recorded in the Huesca Pyrenees dates back to last August 15, when a 52-year-old mountaineer from Navarre died when he fell 100 meters from the Llosas crest, in the Posets-Maladeta National Park, belonging to the municipality of Benasque. Just a week earlier, another 30-year-old resident of Navarra also lost her life when she fell from the Montferrat peak, which belongs to the municipality of Torla.