Body was swept - 20 km from camp

BIESCAS - The body of a girl was discovered yesterday some 20 km from the Virgen de las Nieves campsite in the Pyrenees, destroyed…

BIESCAS - The body of a girl was discovered yesterday some 20 km from the Virgen de las Nieves campsite in the Pyrenees, destroyed when a torrent of mud and rocks swept through it, killing at least 84 people.

An employee at a hydroelectricity plant found the girl's body 5 km downstream from where rescuers were concentrating their search for the bodies of holidaymakers swept away last Wednesday.

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