A BRITISH holidaymaker has died in a suspected drowning at a Lanzarote beach.
The 45-year-old woman is said to have been with her family at the time of the tragedy.
Lifeguards tried to revive her after she was pulled out of the sea before emergency medical responders took over.
They were unable to save her and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident occurred just before 2.30pm local time July 25 at Las Cucharas beach, the largest and most central beach of Costa Teguise.
Well-placed sources confirmed the woman was British and had been with her family at the time.
A spokesman for a regional emergency response coordination centre said: “We received several calls just before 2.30pm yesterday, indicating a person with drowning symptoms had been pulled from the water and saying lifeguards were performing basic resuscitation manoeuvres.
“The appropriate emergency response was immediately activated.
“Emergency medical responders initiated advance resuscitation after arrival but could not save the woman who was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Police have been informed.”
Civil Guard sources said they were still awaiting the results of the autopsy to confirm the cause of death but said there was nothing pointing to it being crime-related in any way.
Bryn Thomas, from Southampton, was one of two men who lost their lives last month at La Roqueta beach in the Costa Blanca resort of Guardamar del Segura after racing into the sea to help two children aged six and seven who were in difficulties.
An inquest was opened into the 52-year-old’s death in Winchester at the start of this month.
Mr Thomas died alongside a 46-year-old man from Poland who also went to help the youngsters.
It comes after a British tourist is fighting for his life after falling headfirst into a creek while playing with his kids in Majorca.
The 46-year-old is in a serious condition at the Son Espases hospital in Palma after the freak accident left him covered in blood.
The father is said to have toppled off a wall before falling into the water near a beach close to his hotel in Camp de Mar resort.
Paramedics rushed to help the man after they were alerted at around 9pm on Wednesday.
The man was stabilised at the scene but is thought to be battling for his life after reportedly hitting his head hard as he fell.
In another holiday tragedy, British teen Sajawal Aziz, was found unresponsive at the bottom of a pool in Sweden.
The 16-year-old, from Hounslow in West London, is now comatose on life support in Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, southern Sweden.
His mum, dad and uncle have all flown out to be by his bedside and are lobbying to have him flown back to the UK, where they fear they will have to take him off life support.
Earlier this, month a British 22-year-old man drowned in front of his girlfriend in Lake Como, Italy.
The 22-year-old student and his partner rented a boat on Wednesday evening but struggled to swim back to it after taking it out on the water.
Strong winds pushed the boat far out off the coast of Menaggio, four miles north of their hotel in Tremezzina.
The couple then had to try and reach the boat in the choppy waters.
The young woman, 19, lost sight of her boyfriend before he drowned.
She was rescued by a passing boat when those onboard spotted her struggling in the water.
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