British tourist, 72, drowns in Costa Blanca after suffering heart attack in water
A British holidaymaker has died in a popular part of Spain in a suspected drowning.
The 72-year-old man was pulled unconscious from the water in Guardamar del Segura, in the Costa Blanca, at 3.30pm today, after a suspected heart attack.
It is believed he could have suffered a health problem prior to his drowning.
Weather conditions were good and the sea calm when this afternoon’s incident occurred.
Lifeguards will continue working in the area, where currents are known to be strong, until October 15.
Signs put up by the local council on beaches in English and Spanish warn bathers of dangerous ocean currents.
The brit is the seventh person to die this year on the beach.
These include Bryn Thomas, from Southampton, who was one of two men who lost their lives in June at one of its beaches called La Roqueta.
It happened after he went into the sea to help two children aged six and seven who were in difficulties.
An inquest was opened into the 52-year-old’s death in Winchester at the start of July.
He died alongside a 46-year-old man from Poland who also went to help the youngsters.
Four of the earlier deaths occurred at the same beach of La Roqueta in just over 48 hours at the start of June.
These fatalities included a 68-year-old Israeli and a German national.
It has also emerged that a man found dead on Tuesday afternoon after he dived off the coast of Majorca was British.
His lifeless body was pulled out of the sea at the Malgrats Islands, two uninhabited islets opposite the Bay of Santa Ponsa, a short drive from the holiday resort of Magaluf.
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