A man drowned in Tarragona while saving two young people who could not get out of the sea

A 40-year-old man drowned this Tuesday on the Miracle beach in Tarragona while trying to rescue two young people who had difficulty getting out of the water. The beach lifeguards have called the 112 emergency telephone number at 7:35 p.m. warning that two people had difficulties getting out of the sea, the Generalitat Civil Protection explained in a statement.

One of them was a 23-year-old girl, who has swallowed some water, and the Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM) has taken her to the Joan XXIII Hospital in Tarragona with a panic attack, while the boy who was with her she has not needed medical assistance.

Witnesses to the events have explained that the deceased jumped into the water from a rocky area to try to rescue them when they saw that they had trouble getting out of the water.. A Maritime Rescue jet ski has rescued the man and has taken him to the beach, where they have tried to revive him without success.