Two German swimmers drown at Playa del Bollullo in La Orotava

[Janet]

Two 30-year-old German bathers died yesterday in playa del Bollullo in the La Orotava municipality. Emergency services say that a third 24-year-old German also nearly drowned in the attempt to save the two who died, but he was saved and transferred to Hospiten Bellevue for evaluation. Both swimmers who died suffered cardiac arrest, which is a symptom of cold water shock, after swimming at the beach in which a red flag was flying prohibiting bathing. They were taken to the harbour at Puerto de la Cruz but were declared dead at the scene after all attempts to resuscitate them sadly failed.