At least three people died and one disappeared this Sunday afternoon, victims of a maritime collision in a natural pool in the Los Gigantes area, on the south coast of Tenerife, sources from the 112 Emergency Coordination Center reported.
The deceased is a 35 year old man, a 55 year old woman and a man whose age has not been confirmed.
There is also one person recovered in cardiorespiratory arrest who is transferred by helicopter to La Candelaria Hospital. Additionally, a 39-year-old woman suffered moderate trauma and she was transferred by ambulance from the SUC to Hospiten Sur Hospital and another was treated there.
THE General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands The pre-alert for coastal phenomena has been activated in recent days.
The event occurred in the natural swimming pool of Cliff of Los Gigantes, in the municipality of Santiago del Teide, shortly before 4:07 p.m. this Sunday.
At that time, notification was received at the Emergency Coordination Center that several people had fallen into the water, swept away by a storm surge. The first means of reaching the area was the maritime rescue helicopter Helimer, which rescued an uninjured person already a dead man.
Three other people were rescued by water: two womenone of them died and a man also died. Several people swept away by the waves came out on their own.
Just a month ago, three more people died and 15 others were injured in separate incidents linked to the attack. strong waves on the coasts of the island of Tenerife.
As reported by local media Canary7the archipelago recorded 67 deaths recorded until November, which places it in first place second region with highest mortalityonly behind Andalusia.
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