A Dutch couple drowned on the beach of La Mata in Torrevieja.

At around 1:40 pm, Consortium firefighters carried a helicopter and units from Torrevieja park to the beach, given the data that the current could trap more people, as six people jumped into the water to try to rescue them. marriage according to sources Provincial Firefighters Consortium, including staff of a restaurant in the area. Considering her husband’s obvious difficulties swimming in the water, it was the woman who tried to help him first, even though he was also dragged by the strong waves.

Health services have moved two SAMU units and one Basic Life Support unit to the beach to attend the emergency. At first they managed to stabilize the woman, but shortly after she died, they left the bodies of the marriage shrouded in sand, awaiting the arrival of the funeral pyre and the judicial commission. Many police officers were also present at the scene. local police.

Like yesterday during the day, the beach Torrevieja This Monday presents a complex sea situation with strong easterly winds and a rough wave beating the municipality’s beaches and cliff areas. Despite this, at noon on Monday, a large number of people were bathing on this open beach of La Mata, which is particularly dangerous both in the eastern situations due to the development of strong currents and in the rest of the Torrevieja coast.

Torrevieja beaches have not had a lifeguard service since last September 15. Nor has a device been red flagged by the municipal services—police or civil protection—to warn users of the danger of the maritime situation, despite the fact that the influx of people is significant and the risk posed by swimming. clear, obvious beach. Exactly today, some residents of La Mata warned several municipal officials early in the morning of the danger of keeping the beach open for swimming without lifeguard service in the face of the first sea storm in three months. The City Council also assumes that the absence of a flag is an indication and warning of a lack of service. In other coastal municipalities, the Local Police raises and lowers when it is still swimming season and there is no lifeguard service. flags.

Levante storms have claimed the lives of many swimming off the coast of Vega Baja in recent years. In September last year, on another very choppy day, two teenagers died in a popular Torrevieja bay. In August 2021, a Scandinavian couple drowned on the beaches of Guardamar, an extension of La Mata beach, with similar sea conditions, again in storm Levante.

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