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Woman Dies After Failing to Exit Water at Lago Beach in Camariñas

A coordinated multi-agency rescue including a medical helicopter failed to revive the bather.

Overview

  • Emergency services confirmed that a private witness alerted 112 Galicia after seeing the woman struggling to leave the sea, and rescuers pulled her from the water.
  • Rescue teams from Urxencias Sanitarias de Galicia-061, the Guardia Civil, Salvamento Marítimo, Gardacostas de Galicia and local Protección Civil were mobilized to the scene.
  • Responders attempted on-site resuscitation and summoned a medicalized helicopter from Santiago, but they were unable to save her life.
  • The incident occurred at about 17:30 on Thursday at Playa de Lago in the municipality of Camariñas, in the province of A Coruña.
  • Authorities have reported the sequence of events and the outcome but have not released the victim’s identity or details about cause or any follow-up investigation.