The tragic end of a boat race between friends in Formentera that ended with a deceased

a dozen boatssailboats and catamarans participated in this competition from the last 4th day until yesterday. Sea expedition baptized as the Ibiza Regatta, a private meeting organized by a group of boat owner friends. the majority they are strangers and meet every year in Pitiusa to cross the two islands. After the hiatus caused by the pandemic this year, they continued that appointment and came to the sound Illetes, which they anchored last Wednesday.

But in the early hours of this Thursday, around 15:45 six Dutchmen who were part of this race For reasons still unknown, they decided to use the logistical inflatable ‘Elvis’ and crashed into some rocks while they were in the Caló de s’Oli area in Punta Pedrera. Boat sunk ashore and rescuers found the bodies of some crew members in the water. Person deceased thrown from the boat and hit his head on the rocks.

Even It is unknown what set them off. at that time of the morning, when a group of sailboats dock along the sound Illettes, where they set off this Thursday morning as scheduled.

As a result of brutal collision against the rocks one invader, 35, diedY five more injuredone of them de 48 years old, seriously injured due to multiple traumaFor this, he was transferred to Can Misses Hospital. He had surgery this Thursday and remains in the hospital.. The rest of the victimsAged 24, 25, 39 and 41 who applied to Formentera Hospital, They were discharged this Thursday afternoon.As reported by the Ibiza and Formentera Health Area.

When the firefighters arrived at the scene of the accident, they found a very serious person between the rocks and the water. once rescued SAMU 061 begins 40-minute resuscitation maneuvers since he went into cardiorespiratory arrest, but despite all efforts, they have not been able to save his life.

The second person, seriously injured, was transported directly to the helicopter. 061 descending on a small promenade near the place in Punta Pedrera to evacuate this injured man with multiple traumas to Can Misses Hospital..

The ‘Elvis’ boat, which was rented from a charter company in Ibiza by the organization of the event to support the race, became unusable and it became the owner company who hired someone else specialized in salvage to tow the boat from this point around 12 noon. To the port of Ibiza on Thursday.

Warning and Recovery

061 received the shipwreck notice given by the crew of the damaged ship. 3.45 hours.

The crew of firefighters is about 4.15 As Consell de Formentera explained in a press release beginning to “regret” the accident, these three soldiers went to the scene to assist in the rescue effort.

Firefighters pulled one of the injured out of the water on a spinal stretcher and cooperated “with the evacuation and support of the rest of the victims.” In fact, some of the less seriously injured were able to help others during such difficult times. There were still abundant traces of blood on the coastal cliffs at the crash site yesterday.

Diario de Ibiza knew this. the crews of the boats participating in this special race were eating, at a well-known restaurant in Ses Illetes last Wednesday afternoon. They even decided to anchor in that area with their sailboats and catamarans. Among the participants were predominantly Dutch, but also French and Spanish. A few hours later, the fatal accident occurred.

hypotheses

as described the company that rented the boat to the regatta organization“The area where the accident occurred is very poorly visible, with very little protruding dark rocks from the water. As a hypothesis, it may be that the crew believed they had already passed these rocks but eventually decided to collide with them”.

Again this area is clearly marked on nautical chartsAs it is one of the regulated buoy areas of Ses Salines Natural Park in Ibiza and Formentera, only one sailboat was moored that day, so the boat crossed the entire buoy area until it collided with the rocks on the shore.

still what It is unknown what caused this Dutch band. At that time of the morning, he decided to use an inflatable boat and decided to move away from the area where the boats joining the Ibiza Regatta anchored in front of Ses Illetes.

At first, the justification given to the Civil Guards was that they went out to check the state of the sea before the fleet departed. However, the same sources all open hypothesesthey decided to just go out for shopping, say hello to the other boats, and then go to Punta Pedrera, where they must have gotten lost and crashed.

forensic law enforcement Civil Guard carries instructions the case that is already in the court’s hands because of the death of a person. Now the investigation will continue to collect testimonies from all other crew members who survived this crash.