The intervention of 18 firefighters, divers and rescuers from Smur d'Aubenas did not prevent a tragedy on Saturday noon in the gorges of the Ardèche.
In a rapid off Ruoms, a 64-year-old man fell from his canoe, which he shared with his wife.
He found himself stuck his boat, stuck between two rocks.
Despite the arrival of help, the sixty-year-old could not be resuscitated and died, drowned.
The identity of the victim was unveiled on Sunday by
Le Dauphiné Libéré
: it is Christian Armand, mayor for more than twenty-five years of the town of Péron (2,800 inhabitants) in Ain.
Also vice-president in the agglomeration of the Pays de Gex, this father of two children has been described as a "sincere, benevolent, generous and whole" man.
by Patrice Dunand, president of Pays de Gex agglo.
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