Overview
- Two separate fatalities were confirmed at public bathing sites over the weekend: a 54-year-old woman at Mislata’s municipal summer pool and a man of about 60 at Es Trenc beach in Mallorca.
- At the Mislata pool lifeguards began CPR after an emergency call and a SAMU unit attended, but the woman was pronounced dead and the town hall closed the pool for the day while citing a likely irreversible cardiac failure.
- At Es Trenc lifeguards and 061 medical teams performed nearly an hour of advanced CPR after beachgoers pulled the man from the water, but emergency crews could only certify his death and reported he was a foreign national.
- Local authorities and emergency services say on-site socorristas (lifeguards) initiated resuscitation and specialist teams continued advanced maneuvers in both cases, and no forensic or autopsy results have been released yet.
- The deaths come during the peak bathing season when rescues rise, and they could prompt municipal reviews of pool and beach medical response and screening practices while families and communities receive official condolences.