Tag: drowning
Boy drowns in swimming pool after getting hand sucked into uncovered drain on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A seven-year-old boy drowned in a public swimming pool in the Cabo de las Huertas area of Alicante on Wednesday after getting his hand...
British tourist seriously injured after cliff dive goes badly wrong on Spain’s Ibiza
A British man, 33, was seriously injured on Sunday after a cliff dive into the sea went badly wrong after he plunged into rocks...
British toddler drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A British toddler drowned in a swimming pool at Aigues on Wednesday.
The Guardia Civil in Xixona got a report at 6.15 pm of an...
Boy, 6, drowns in banned seaside swimming area as mother and brother survive in Spain’s Valencia
A boy, 6, drowned on Saturday while swimming with his mother and elder brother, 9, in a prohibited area of Canet d'en Berenguer beach...
Squatter nearly drowns in building’s underground water cistern on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A female squatter in Sant Joan d'Alacant almost drowned after falling into a building's underground water cistern.
A passer-by heard shouting coming from the block...
Dog owner in Spain’s Catalunya drowns during sea rescue at Costa Brava beach on Lloret de Mar
A man drowned after trying to save his dog at a Costa Brava beach in Catalunya.
The owner, 46, responded fatally on Sunday while walking...
Driver of UK-registered car dies after vehicle crashes into ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A female driver of a British-registered car died on Friday after it ran off an Alicante Province road into a ditch filled with water
The...
Police investigate after three bodies wash up on Spain’s Malaga coast in 48 hours
THE Policia National together with the Guardia Civil have opened an investigation to determine the cause of death of three people - two men...
Desperate paddle surfer cheats death by clinging onto a buoy off Spain’s Costa Blanca
A paddle surfer clung onto a buoy after winds threatened to take her out to sea off Guardamar del Segura.
The Dutch woman, 61, was...
Irish tourist drowns in swimming pool tragedy at Marbella luxury property
THE body of a 24-year-old Irish holiday maker has been found in the swimming pool of a luxury property on the Costa del Sol.
The...
40-year-old Irishman drowns off Costa Blanca beach in Spain’s Alicante
A MAN, confirmed as Irish by local police, drowned whilst swimming off the coast of Alicante at around 5.30pm on Thursday.
The man got into...
WATCH: Dramatic footage of drones saving three drowning women on Spain’s Costa Blanca
DRAMATIC footage of drones saving women from drowning on Costa Blanca beaches has been released.
Both flying robots were launched from the shore, with life-jackets...
Dog owner drowns in ‘rough’ sea trying to save his pet on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Murcia man drowned when he went into the sea to save his dog.
The 57-year-old was on holiday with a friend in Campoamor on...
Bather in Spain’s Estepona rescued after rip currents dragged him 200m off-shore
A SWIMMER has been rescued after being sucked into the sea by strong currents in Estepona.
The bather, a 57-year-old Romanian man, was caught off...
EXPAT duo drown in Almeria
By Elena Goçmen Rueda
THE lifeless bodies of two bathers who went missing in Cala Raja (Almeria) have been found.
A Lithuanian man and...
FAMILY MAN dies trying to help struggling swimmer at tourist spot of La Manga in the Murcia region of...
A man died in front of his wife and daughter after trying to help a swimmer in the popular Murcia tourist area of La...
Spain’s Costa Blanca witnesses the first beach drowning tragedy of the year
THE first case this year of a swimmer dying from drowning in Costa Blanca waters has been reported in Teulada-Moraira.
A 60-year-old German tourist died...
Tributes pour in for much-loved British ‘action man’, 35, who tragically died in free diving accident in Spain’s Ibiza
Kevin Smith, aged 35, sadly died after getting into difficulty in the Punta Galera waters just after 6.15pm on Wednesday evening
British man drowns while taking photos underwater in Spain’s Ibiza
According to initial reports, the Briton had been practising underwater photography with a friend when he got into difficulty
Heroine, 9, saves toddler from drowning in Spain’s Algeciras
The toddler, who was without armbands or a swim vest, immediately started to sink
Second drowning in a week on same tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TRAGEDY has struck on the same popular beach for the second time in a week after a man drowned at La Mata in Torrevieja...
Husband dies after elderly couple pulled from rough seas off popular Costa Blanca beach
Strong easterly winds up to 21km/h will continue this week until Friday
Deaths in Spain from swimming in unsupervised areas rise alarmingly in June
From January 1 to June 30, 111 deaths by drowning have been recorded.
Leading expert on swimming pool deaths touches down in Costa del Sol to visit hotel where three Britons drowned...
ONE of the world’s leading experts on swimming pool deaths has flown to Spain to investigate the tragic drownings of three British citizens on...
WATCH: Spain’s Got Talent star nearly dies as he fails to escape from straitjacket in locked underwater box
The performer admitted he had ‘spent four minutes in cardiorespiratory arrest’
Death toll reaches seven as body of Dutchman found near Dolores following deadly Costa Blanca floods
GUARDIA Civil have recovered the body of the seventh flood victim following catastrophic weather that hit the Costa Blanca last week.
The deceased has been...
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