Date Published: 11/08/2022

ARCHIVED - Four people rescued from same stretch of water on Aguilas beach

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Two six-year-old children were taken to hospital in Lorca following the near-drowning

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Four people rescued from same stretch of water on Aguilas beach

Lifeguards from the Copla Plan had to rescue four people, a man, a woman and two children, from the sea in Cala del Mijo beach in Águilas on Wednesday August 10. According to official sources, the people were out swimming at 6.56pm when they ran into difficulty and were unable to get out of the water.

After receiving several calls from concerned beachgoers reporting the incident, the Murcia Region 112 Emergency Coordination Centre dispatched a boat captained by a skipper, along with a lifeguard, to the scene. They were joined by a substantial rescue team including Guardia Civil and Local Police officers, a rapid intervention vehicle, a Mobile Emergency Unit and an ambulance. Three other lifeguards also travelled from the Matalentisco beach to aid in the rescue operation.

Once the swimmers were pulled from the sea, health care workers treated a 39-year-old man on the beach, while the two 6-year-old boys who were taken to the Rafael Méndez de Lorca hospital.

While this incident thankfully has a positive outcome, countless others have not been so lucky and drownings are becomming all too common, particularly in the summer months, throughout Spain. At the weekend, a 70-year-old man drowned after being pulled unconscious from the sea at Bahia beach in Puerto de Mazzaron and a few days before this, a 52-year-olf drowned in La Manga.

Also of interest: Drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death in Spain

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