11 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00
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French tourist, 74, dies while swimming off popular beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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A FRENCH tourist has died after being pulled from the sea on the Costa del Sol.

The 74-year-old was seen floating in the water off La Torrecilla beach in Nerja on Monday.

Beach lifeguards rushed in to bring her to the shore before spending almost an hour trying to revive her.

Unfortunately they were only able to confirm her death.

According to Europa Press, the tragedy happened at around 5.40pm.

The 112 emergency hotline received calls reporting that an elderly woman was not breathing.

Policia Local and Guardia Civil officers rushed to the scene to help try to revive the woman.

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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