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Pontsticill and Cantref reservoirs: Bodies recovered after alerts | Pontsticill and Cantref reservoirs: Bodies recovered after alerts |
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Two bodies have been recovered after searches for missing men at separate reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons at the weekend. | Two bodies have been recovered after searches for missing men at separate reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons at the weekend. |
South Wales Police say a man died at the Pontsticill Reservoir on Saturday. | South Wales Police say a man died at the Pontsticill Reservoir on Saturday. |
The alarm was raised just after 16:00 BST after reports that a 52-year-old man had gone for a swim and failed to return. | The alarm was raised just after 16:00 BST after reports that a 52-year-old man had gone for a swim and failed to return. |
A 24-year-old man died at the nearby Cantref Reservoir on Sunday. | |
He was reported missing at about 14:45 BST. | |
Dyfed-Powys Police said the body was recovered on Sunday evening and next of kin had been informed. | |
The main A470 road which links south and north Wales was closed between Merthyr and the junction with the A4059 north of the reservoir until 19:00 BST. | |
In the first incident, a search was launched on Saturday afternoon and the man's body was recovered around half an hour later. | |
The Pontsticill reservoir lies partly in Merthyr Tydfil county and partly in Powys. |
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