The search for 45-year-old Nikos Anastopoulos continues without result. who has been missing since Monday evening, when the car in which he was riding with his partner, who was found dead, was swept away by a torrent, in Plutochori of the Municipality of Andritsaina-Krestena, in Ilia.

The burden of investigations conducted under adverse conditions as well there are tons of mud in the areareeds and transported materials, are mainly concentrated in a radius of about one and a half kilometers, from the point of drift, while a Coast Guard vessel is investigating the sea area at the mouth of Alpheios.

In the operation, led by the commander of the fire services of Ilias Vassilis Soldatos, 42 men of the PY, the 6th EMAK and the 6th EMODE of Patras, the group of unmanned aircraft (drones), and Red Cross volunteers are participating.

“We believe that the man may be buried somewhere. We are focusing more on the first kilometer because the car was also found less than 500 meters away and the woman was located near the place where the vehicle was found,” said a senior Fire Department officer to “Peloponnisos”.

Meanwhile, yesterday, during the investigations,. an accident occurred, when a fire truck veered off course and overturned, resulting in the crew being transferred to the Tower Hospital, for precautionary reasons.