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Irish tourist, 72, drowns on a beach in Spain
This is the fourth drowning this year in the northern Spanish province
An elderly Irish holidaymaker has lost his life on Spain’s Costa Dorada in a suspected drowning incident. The tragedy occurred on the popular La Pedrera beach near Salou, which is only a short drive away from the east coast city of Tarragona.
A passerby called the emergency services at around noon on Wednesday May 29 and paramedics quickly pulled the 72-year-old, unconscious, from the surf. Despite desperate attempts to revive him, the pensioner was pronounced dead on the beach shortly before 1pm.
The man’s identity was unclear at first, but later that afternoon his wife approached the receptionist at their hotel and told the employee that she had not seen her husband for several hours. The hotel worker called the emergency coordination centre who informed her about the suspected drowning, and the tragic pieces of the puzzle were put together.
The Irish couple had been staying at the four-star Golden Donaire Beach Hotel, just a stone’s throw away from the shoreline where the accident took place.
A post-mortem will be carried out on Thursday May 30 to confirm the cause of death.
Sadly, this man’s untimely death marks the fourth drowning in Tarragona so far this year. While storm Nelson raged through northern Spain in March, a teenager and a 30-year-old German man both drowned when they ran into difficulty just 15 minutes from Wednesday’s tragedy.
On the very same day, a British tourist was swept into the sea while standing near the mouth of the Nalón River, in San Esteban de Pravia. His lifeless body was pulled from the water by the Guardia Civil of Asturias.
In other news: Drunk Irish passengers cause chaos on flight to Spain
Image: Isidro Jabato via Wikimedia Commons
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