Civil Guards have located an old man who has been missing for two hours in a natural area near the Segura river in Algorfa. When agents find him He was confused and full of wounds by the rough terrain he was trying to advance on., from the road in the direction of the river. I also anhydrousbecause temperatures were “too high at that time of day”.
Almoradi Civil Guard
At 4 pm on May 1, a patrol Civil Guard Post almoradi The person running a citizen security service received a report of the disappearance of a possibly confused elderly man near a rural area of Algorfa.
The 80-year-old man of Swedish descent had gone to the neighborhood with a friend of his by car. CV-920, with the intention of releasing your pet, a yellow-eared slider (Trachemys scripta scripta). However, he disappeared after walking for several hours in search of the shore.
Warn your friend
His 93-year-old friend, who was accompanying him and waiting for him in the car, anxiously warned the Security Forces and Corps that his friend had left with this intention a long time ago, but had not returned.
This Civil Guard and Benijófar Local Police They immediately went to the place. When Civil Guard agents found him, the man was completely dehydrated and had scratches and bruises all over his body, so they immediately notified the medical services that went to the scene and helped him, they confirmed he was very weak, they were dispatched. To Torrevieja Hospital.
The helper is recovering at his home in Torrevieja. The turtle was released at the Santa Faz Wildlife Rescue Center.
This type of turtle is an exotic species not native to the Mediterranean coast.