British holidaymaker drowns in Menorca after being swept into sea by huge wave

Residents successful a adjacent flat artifact raised the alarm aft seeing the British holidaymaker struggling successful the h2o astatine Ciutadella Bay successful Menorca

A British holidaymaker has drowned aft being swept into the oversea by a question during a coastline stroll successful Menorca.

The 72-year-old was knocked disconnected his feet connected rocks adjacent a landmark oversea arch connected the northbound broadside of Ciutadella bay called Pont d’en Gil.

Residents successful a adjacent flat artifact called 999 aft seeing him successful difficulties successful the water. The oversea currents took him further distant from the coastline and helium was already dormant by the clip firefighters successful a dinghy reached him. His assemblage was taken to Ciutadella Port wherever helium was formally certified dead.

The calamity happened astir 1pm yesterday. An autopsy expected to corroborate the unnamed holidaymaker died from drowning and not a stroke to the caput arsenic helium fell is owed to instrumentality spot aboriginal today.

A beardown easterly upwind was blowing erstwhile the man, thought to person been staying successful a four-star edifice a five-minute thrust distant successful Cala d’en Blanes, went into the water.

Police, who person launched a regular probe co-ordinated by a section court, person not yet made immoderate authoritative comment. Local police, coastguards, paramedics and Civil Guard officers were mobilised arsenic portion of the exigency response.

Pont d’en Gil is simply a spectacular arch shaped by the spot of the waves which has been crafted into a earthy suspension bridge. Medium and tiny sized boats tin walk done it. Next to Pont d’en Gil determination is an underwater cave good known by divers connected the island, called Sa Cigonya.

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