1 Jul, 2019 @ 17:33
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British woman, 36, dies after getting into pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca as authorities suspect heatstroke as cause of death

A BRITISH woman has tragically died after getting into a pool in Orihuela on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

Authorities are suspecting ‘heatstroke’ as the cause of death, according to Europa Press.

The incident happened last Friday at 12.30pm, at the Entrenaranjos urbanisation, when the woman suffered started suffering convulsions at the urbanisation’s pool.

An ambulance rushed to the scene, but after 45 minutes of CPR the woman could not be revived.

The woman reportedly suffered from epilepsy, according to Efe.

The woman’s body has been taken to Alicante’s Anatomical Forensic Institute for an autopsy.

Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations.

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