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Woman, 34, Dies After Yacht Propeller Accident Off Xàbia

Emergency officials said she suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at Hospital de Dénia following extensive blood loss.

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Overview

  • CICU confirmed the death after the victim was taken to Hospital de Dénia in critical condition following resuscitation efforts.
  • She fell from the bow of a yacht off Cap Prim and was run over by the same vessel, sustaining severe propeller wounds.
  • The most critical injury was to the neck affecting the carotid artery, with additional cuts reported to the face.
  • Friends pulled her back aboard, applied a tourniquet, raised the alarm, and headed to the port of Xàbia to meet responders.
  • SVB and SAMU teams transferred and stabilized her en route, but she later suffered another cardiac arrest and died, in a week that also saw a separate serious propeller injury in Xàbia.