Overview
- Emergency services were called after a 19-year-old man entered the water at the Ystradfellte waterfalls on Saturday, June 27, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
- A large multi-agency response included Dyfed-Powys Police, Welsh Ambulance Services, Wales Air Ambulance, Mid and West Wales and South Wales fire services, hazardous area teams, and several mountain rescue teams.
- Rescuers carried out an extensive resuscitation operation that included assistance from an off-duty paramedic but the efforts were unsuccessful.
- Wales Air Ambulance’s Dafen crew was allocated at about 2:13pm, arrived near 2:30pm and ended involvement around 4:10pm, while fire crews extricated the casualty and left the scene at about 5:50pm.
- The location is a well-known inland-water rescue hotspot and the notification to the coroner starts the formal process that could lead to a coroner’s inquiry or further findings on the cause of death.