Bather warning after spate of drownings in sea, swimming pools and rivers
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 @ 9:45 AM
EMERGENCY services have warned bathers to be prudent and avoid unnecessary risks after five people drowned in one weekend in Spain.
A man of 40 and a woman of 59 drowned at the weekend off the beach near the El Plomo bay in the Níjar (Almería province) area whilst a 45-year-old Senegalese man drowned whilst swimming in the river Arga near Huarte, Navarra.
Rescuers were unable to save a man of 55 who was pulled unconscious from the sea off a beach in the La Manga area of Murcia, opposite the urbanisation Manga Beach.
And a 30-year-old man originally from Hondurás, bathing with his partner and children in the river Tajo near Aranjuez, in the Greater Madrid region, drowned on Saturday and the rest of the family had to be pulled out of the water by lifeguards.
At least three young children have been reported as having drowned in swimming pools, and two others in water parks, in the last month.
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