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ARCHIVED - 89-year-old woman drowns at Villajoyosa beach on the Costa Blanca
The octogenarian was pulled unconscious from the sea at Centro beach in the Marina Baixa, Alicante province.
An 89-year-old woman has tragically drowned at Centro beach in Villajoyosa this morning, Friday, July 16.
At around 9.30am, other bathers spotted the the woman floating in the water, and managed to get her to the beach, where they performed basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the elderly victim until a SAMU ambulance and medical team arrived, according to the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU).
Medics then took over, carrying out advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other stabilisation techniques, but there was no response and they could only confirm her death.
A post mortem will be carried out.
This is the second drowning off the coast of Villajoyosa this week, after another woman, whose age has not been revealed, was rescued by lifeguards, but was unresponsive to resuscitation techniques and sadly died on the beach on Tuesday.
IMAGE: Ayuntamiento de Villajoyosa