Second missing woman found dead in river after huge search and rescue operation

09 January 2023 , 22:43

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Dyfed-Powys Police, Wales Ambulance Service, and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene (Image: Spring Valley Lakes WS)

A second body has been recovered from a river in Wales after two women went missing.

Police confirmed the second woman was recovered from the water in Glynneath on Sunday after another woman was pulled from the water at Ystradfellte Falls in the Brecon Beacons last week.

The discovery was made at Spring Valley Lakes, a privately-owned 80-acre camping site situated just off the A465.

Dyfed-Powys Police, Wales Ambulance Service, and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene at just after 12pm, reports WalesOnline.

A spokesman for Dyfed-Powys Police said on Monday: "Sadly we can confirm that officers searching for two women who are believed to have entered the water in the Ystradfellte area on Wednesday, January 4, recovered a second body from the river in the Glynneath area.

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"Next of kin has been informed with the families being supported by specialist officers. We would like to thank colleagues from mountain rescue, the fire service, and members of the public for their support during what has been a difficult operation."

Police were called to Ystradfellte Falls on the rugged Four Waterfalls Walk in Brecon Beacons National Park (Gareth James/WALES NEWS SERVICE)

The discovery brings to an end a massive rescue operation first sparked last week after the body of another woman was recovered from the national park beauty spot which is also known as Four Waterfalls Walk.

Extreme weather conditions, including heavy rain and high and fast-flowing water, meant the search had to be called off at one point.

A spokesman for Spring Valley Lakes in Glynneath said on Sunday: "We had a call because someone spotted a body in the river.

Emergency services on the banks of the river as a second woman is found dead (Spring Valley Lakes WS)

"The emergency services came flying down here and a female was recovered. A rescue team went across the lake and came out the other end."

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed they had attended the scene, adding: "We were called at 12.29pm and responded with an ambulance, a helicopter, and a rapid response vehicle."

A spokeswoman for Mid and West Wales Fire Service said it attended "an incident in the water" and had sent three crews to the scene. Neither woman has yet been identified.

Nathan Bevan