A couple of octogenarians were out for an evening walk with their dog around a disused gravel pit on Sunday when it turned to tragedy.
The wife slipped into the water and was unable to climb out, so her husband jumped in and managed to get her to the bank, but then he fell back into the lake and was unable to rescue himself, eventually drowning in the water.
Having no means of calling for help the woman lay on the bank all night until a morning passer-by discovered her and the body of her dead husband. Rescue services eventually took the unfortunate couple to hospitals in Montauban, where a post mortem examination will be carried out on the deceased body. The woman is said to be in a state of shock.
Emergency services suggest that if you are walking alone it is very advisable to carry a mobile phone as accidents can happen anywhere.
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