Overview
- Emergency services received a call reporting an unconscious bather pulled from the water at Estany-Mas Mel in Calafell and rescuers performed CPR on the sand before declaring the 74-year-old woman dead.
- The Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques sent three ambulances and a medicalized helicopter to the scene but paramedics were unable to revive the woman.
- Lifeguard surveillance was active and a green flag indicated safe conditions at the time of the incident, and Mossos d'Esquadra dispatched two patrols to take charge of the investigative diligences.
- Authorities and local media count this victim as the 13th person to die on Catalan beaches since the bathing season began on June 15, a figure that also follows recent pool and inland-water fatalities in the region.
- The string of summer drownings is prompting renewed public-safety reminders from Protección Civil and could lead to closer scrutiny of prevention measures, on-beach surveillance and public advice for older swimmers.