A total of ten people had to be rescued yesterday in Almuñecar, six of them after their boat overturned and four after they got cut off and stranded by heavy seas and the incoming tide.
A Red Cross boat rescued ten people whose boat had overturned about 100 metres from shore near Cantarrijan, Almuñecar. Three of the passengers were later transferred to the Hospital Santa Ana in Motril after initial treatment at Marinas del Este. Two of them have ‘substantial’ injuries to various parts of their bodies.
In the same area, four people became trapped after being caught out by heavy seas and tides and had to be rescued. They were also transferred to marinas del Este for a medical check.