Tag: drowning
Beach tragedy as 72-year-old woman drowns in Spain’s Velez-Malaga
A 72-year-old woman has tragically drowned whilst bathing in the sea off the beach of Almayate, located in the municipality of Velez-Malaga.
According to the...
British man capsized in English Channel was trying to paddle to Spain, claims rescuer
A British man thought he had arms of steel to navigate the English channel and kayak to Spain.
But it turns out he has a...
Lifeless body of a woman found floating in sea off Spain’s Nerja
THE lifeless body of a woman has been discovered floating in the sea near a popular beach in Nerja.
According to the 112 Andalucía emergency...
Emergency services attend 42 calls to assist with near fatal drowning in Spain’s Malaga during July and August
THE Health emergency number 061 has assisted 130 SOS calls for near fatal drowning in Andalucia between the months of July and August this...
Man drowns in strong currents trying to save daughter at swimming blackspot in Spain’s Valencia
A 59-year-old Pucol man died on Thursday trying to save his daughter after she got into difficulty at a Valencia area swimming blackspot.
Firefighters were...
Man grabs semi-naked woman by neck and tries to drown her in Valencia park fountain in Spain
A 52-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after trying to drown a woman by forcing her head into the water of a...
British tourist drowns in hotel swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca
A 53-year-old British tourist drowned in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool on Sunday afternoon.
The tragedy occurred at around 4.40 pm at the Globales Palmanova...
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
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS
Would-be migrants flee plane at Barcelona airport after fake medical emergency forces landing
TWENTY-EIGHT people fled an aeroplane travelling from Casablanca (Morocco) to Turkey on Wednesday morning, after an apparently faked medical emergency forced the aircraft to...
