They alerted the emergency services shortly before 10 p.m. when they saw their car being surrounded by the sea. On Sunday evening, a couple in their seventies was found drowned in their vehicle in Bricqueville-sur-Mer, between Granville and Coutances, in Normandy.
Their car was swept away as it traveled on a submersible road at high tide.
While the Manche department was swept away by storm Franklin, rescuers had great difficulty locating the 74-year-old man and his 70-year-old wife.
Their vehicle was finally located around 11:15 p.m. by the Civil Security helicopter.
The two occupants were extracted from their car by the divers and then brought back to shore by the lifeboat.
They were declared dead by the SMUR doctor.
Thirty-two firefighters were then dispatched to the scene to rescue them, including water rescuers and divers.
An ambulance, all-terrain vehicles and the Civil Security helicopter also participated in the rescue.
A submersible road at high tide
The RD375 is a small submersible road that leads to a dune coast.
Extremely flat, the foreshore is the scene of very high tidal ranges, comparable to those of the bay of Mont Saint-Michel.
Sunday evening, the coefficient was 90 and the tide was at its highest when the couple set out to cross.
Other axes make it possible to reach the continent by circumventing the submersible way, reputed to be very dangerous at high tide.
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