1 Sep, 2023 @ 12:53
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Man falls off boat and drowns following night out at a cocktail bar in Marbella’s upmarket Puerto Banus

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A MAN has died after falling off his boat following a night out at a cocktail bar in Marbella, it has emerged.

The unnamed victim hit his head during the fall, rendering him unconscious in the waters of upmarkert Puerto Banus last Saturday.

The tragedy occurred in the early hours of the morning, reports Area Costa del Sol.

The man, described only as ‘middle-aged’, is said to have drowned after losing consciousness.

He and a friend had been in a nearby cocktail bar before deciding to return to his boat.

When the man fell into the water, the pal quickly alerted a passerby, who in turn raised the alarm with security.

Policia Local, Nacional, firefighters and an ambulance crew rushed to scene but were unable to revive the boat owner.

Sources say the incident is being treated as an accidental death.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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