Two bathers drown on same day on Costa Almeria

IN TROUBLE: Neither bather was able to make it back to shore CREDIT: SALVAMENTO MARITIMO Twitter @salvamentogob

TWO bathers tragically drowned on the same day on the Costa Almeria after struggling to swim back to shore.
The first death was on Thursday morning in Las Negras in Nijar. The Junta de Andalucia’s 112 Emergencies service reported it received a call at around 11am warning there was a man about 50 metres off shore who was clearly in trouble.

CREDIT: Junta de Andalucia

Guardia Civil, Civil Protection, Local Police and a health emergency team rushed to his assistance. They managed to get him out the water and practiced CPR, but were unable to resuscitate him.
That afternoon, a call came through reporting another bather in much the same situation as the first, but this time in the sea in front of Rodalquilar’s El Playazo beach.
A Maritime Rescue helicopter and a Guardia Civil speed boat joined the rescue effort.
Nijar Civil Protection said they got the 46-year-old man to the shore and carried out CPR before the helicopter evacuated him to the airport, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. Sadly, the health authorities later confirmed he had passed away.

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Cathy Elelman

Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.

Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.

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