An 87-year-old man drowned this Wednesday when he was bathing on the Paella beach in Torredembarra (Tarragona), with which there are already twelve deaths on the Catalan beaches in this summer campaign, double compared to the same period last year. last year.
As reported by the Generalitat Civil Protection, the 112 emergency telephone number received a notice at 11:02 a.m. from the beach lifeguard service, indicating that they had pulled an unconscious man out of the water.
Although the rescuers practiced resuscitation maneuvers, and later also the Medical Emergency System (SEM), the man died.
At the time of the incident, there was a lifeguard service on the beach and the yellow flag was waving, which warns of the waves.
With this, there are already 12 fatalities in the summer campaign on the Catalan beaches this year, which started on June 15, which is double the number of the same period of the previous year.
Faced with this situation, Civil Protection has requested extreme precautions on beaches, swimming pools and inland waters, coinciding with an episode of high temperatures.
