4 Nov, 2024 @ 12:43
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British expat couple are found dead in their car after being swept away by Valencia floods in Spain

A BRITISH couple have been confirmed among the dead following the devastating floods in Valencia.

The bodies of Don Turner, 78, and his wife Terry, 74, (couple pictured above) were found in their car on Saturday, it has emerged.

The tragic news was confirmed by their daughter Ruth O’Loughlin, from Staffordshire.

She said: “Friends had nipped up there because they hadn’t heard from mum and dad, the key was in the door, they could get into the property, the dogs were there and the car’s gone so they know that mum and dad haven’t gone back.”

Ruth and her sister had been planning to head to Spain to help look for their parents.

“They’re just very, very kind thoughtful people, are well-known, well respected in the area, ” she added.

“I feel like I’m at my wits’ end now with what to do, I feel a bit stuck.”

It comes as the search operation continues across Valencia with many areas still not accessed by rescuers.

Two young boys remain missing in Valencia after disappearing during the deadly DANA storms on October 29.

Izan Matias and Ruben Matias Calatayud, aged five and three, vanished from the town of Masia del Juez during the height of biblical weather last week.

Both boys are described as ‘moflete’ by missing persons database SOS Desaparecidos. The term roughly translates as having full cheeks, or being ‘chubby-cheeked’.

Five-year-old Izan has brown short hair while little Ruben has short blonde hair.

Anyone with information should contact SOS Desaparecidos by email at info@sosdesaparecidos.es or by telephone on 644 712 806 or 649 952 957.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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