A DARLINGTON man and a female companion drowned in a flooded underground cave system when an expedition went tragically wrong.
The alarm was raised when the 33-year-old man's wife raised the alarm because he did not return.
His body and that of his 28-year-old female companion were discovered by a cave rescue team after a three hour search.
The tragedy happened in 350ft deep Alum Pot, part of a treacherous cave system in the Yorkshire Dales near the village of Selside.
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Two potholers drown as flash flood hits cave
Two potholers died after they were overcome by rapidly rising water in a cave often used by school children on outdoor adventure trips.
The 33-year-old man and the 28-year-old woman drowned as an underground stream, usually ankle deep, became swollen by heavy rain.
Emergency services were alerted at 1am by the man's wife when he failed to call home. The bodies were found two hours later.
Their bodies were found around 200ft from the entrance of the Long Churn cave, near Selside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park yesterday.
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