By Cathy Elelman • Published: 10 Feb 2020 • 13:40
A 17-YEAR lost his life when part of the wall of an abandoned farmhouse in the Torreblanca district of Seville collapsed on top of him on Sunday night, the emergency services reported.
Witnesses called 112 to get help, reporting the teenager was trapped under the debris and was seriously injured.
A health emergency team rushed to the scene of the tragedy, but were unable to save the youngster and could only confirm his death.
The authorities have now opened an investigation into what caused the structure to come down.
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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.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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