A British man has been airlifted to hospital in a ‘crucial situation’ after stepping into difficulties within the sea off the paradise Spanish island of Formentera.
The 70-year-old was pulled out of the water the picture-postcard Ses Illetes seaside by lifeguards who carried out life-saving CPR on him.
Emergency responders stabilised him on the sand earlier than an ambulance took him initially to the island hospital.
Medical doctors then determined he ought to be flown by helicopter to Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza given the seriousness of his situation.
The information broke shortly after 3.30pm this afternoon and the Brit, who has not been named, was stated to be in intensive care final night time as he fought for his life.
The 70-year-old was pulled out of the water at picture-postcard Ses Illetes seaside (pictured) by lifeguards who carried out life-saving CPR on him
It was not instantly clear if he was alone on the time of the near-drowning or with household or pals.
See Illetes, which has up to now been declared because the one of many world’s most stunning seashores, is considered essentially the most consultant function of Formentera’s spectacular shoreline.
It’s positioned inside Ses Salines de Eivissa and Formentera Pure Park, occupying a big space of the Es Trucadors peninsula, the intense north of the island of Formentera, and going through west.
There are greater than 450 metres of seaside divided into two components by a small rocky space within the center.
Final week two British holidaymakers misplaced their lives after being swept away by a torrent of water in a flooded Majorca canyon.
The pair have been named as Alexander Johnson, 32, and his girlfriend Sarah Jane Thompson, 26. They’d been mountain climbing by the canyon, known as the Torrent de Pareis, when the tragedy occurred throughout a shock storm.
