A British holidaymaker has died in a suspected drowning incident off the coast of a Canary Island beach. The woman, said to be 45, was with her family at the time, reports claim.
Lifeguards on Lanzarote beach attempted to revive her after she was rescued from the sea at Las Cucharas beach, Costa Teguise – with emergency services arriving at around 2.30pm local time on Thursday (July 25).
A spokesperson for a regional emergency response coordination centre said: “We received several calls just before 2.30pm yesterday, indicating a person with drowning symptoms had been pulled from the water and saying lifeguards were performing basic resuscitation manoeuvres.
“The appropriate emergency response was immediately activated,” they added. “Emergency medical responders initiated advance resuscitation after arrival but could not save the woman who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have been informed.”
Civil Guard sources said they were awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine how she died, but there was nothing to suggest it was crime-related in any way, MailOnline reports.
It comes as another British tourist is in a critical condition after falling headfirst into a creek in Majorca while playing with his children.
The 46-year-old is in a serious condition at the Son Espases hospital in Palma following the freak accident.
He had reportedly toppled off a wall before falling into the water close to a beach near his hotel in Camp de Mar.
Paramedics were scrambled to the scene at around 9pm on Wednesday.
The unnamed man was stabilised at the scene but is now thought to be in a serious condition after reportedly hitting his head hard when he fell.
Last month, two men died at La Roqueta beach in the Costa Blanca resort of Guardamar del Segura after running into the sea to help two children aged six and seven who had gotten into difficulties.
52-year-old Bryn Thomas, from Southampton, died alongside a 46-year-old man from Poland. An inquest in Winchester was launched into Thomas’ death earlier this month.