Overview

• CICU confirmed the woman died at Hospital de Dénia after suffering repeated cardiac arrests following the incident.
• The fall occurred Friday evening near Cala Portitxol/Cap Prim, where she went over the bow and was pulled into the vessel’s propeller underwater.
• Emergency reports describe severe lacerations to the face and a critical neck wound affecting the carotid artery that caused major blood loss.
• Friends brought her back aboard, applied a tourniquet, and headed to Xàbia port, where SVB and SAMU teams provided advanced resuscitation and transferred her to hospital.
• The Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances involving a sixth‑category recreational vessel, as local boating users highlight kill‑switch use and propeller suction hazards.