British woman, 45, drowns at Lanzarote beach while on holiday with family

The 45-year-old was on holiday with her family.

A 45-year-old British woman has died in a suspected drowning at a Lanzarote beach while on holiday with her family.

Emergency services were called to Las Cucharas yesterday afternoon, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Well-placed sources confirmed the dead 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.

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