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24-year-old in intensive care after El Palo beach rescue as 12-year-old drowns in Mijas

Rescuers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on site following his rescue from the water

Overview

  • At around 19:10 on June 3 a bystander contacted 112-Andalucía after seeing a man floating off El Palo beach in Málaga
  • Cruz Roja, local and national police, Guardia Civil and 061 paramedics were dispatched to the scene
  • Rescuers stabilized the unconscious 24-year-old with on-site CPR before transferring him to the Regional Hospital in Málaga
  • He remains under close monitoring in the hospital’s intensive care unit
  • Less than 24 hours earlier a 12-year-old boy was found lifeless in a private pool in Mijas and could not be revived