Beachgoer, 64, run over & killed by delivery truck as she sunbathed on sand – & driver ‘didn’t realise he’d hit anyone’
A TOURIST has died after being run over and killed by a delivery truck as she sunbathed in Gran Canaria.
The 64-year-old victim was hit by a 4×4 pick-up at the Brit-popular Playa del Ingles resort while her husband was taking a dip in the sea.
The driver of the vehicle that hit her failed to stop and, after being tracked down by cops shortly after the tragedy, insisted he had no idea he had just hit someone.
The incident happened near the famous Maspalomas Dunes a few feet away from a beach kiosk believed to be among those the pick-up delivered merchandise to.
The ongoing police investigation is understood to be focusing on why the vehicle was on the beach outside of the permitted 8am-11am delivery times and whether it was keeping to a designated route.
Officials have not yet confirmed the victim’s nationality but she is understood to be a German woman who was holidaying in the south of Gran Canaria.
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre said: “A woman has died after being run over a by a quad on a beach in Gran Canaria.
“The incident occurred around 12.30pm yesterday at Playa del Ingles in the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana.
“She was confirmed dead after beach lifeguards responded with initial medical assistance.
“Police attended the scene along with paramedics.”
Well-placed police sources said the driver who ran over the tourist passed drink and drug tests.
He has been fully identified but is not thought to have been arrested.
He now faces being quizzed by an investigating judge put in charge of an ongoing court probe into the tragedy.
While cops haven’t revealed his nationality, he has been described locally as a 50-year-old who had been working on the beach for a decade and knows the area very well.
It comes after a holidaymaker was tragically found dead on a beach in Lanzarote early last month.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene after the 34-year-old man’s body was found by beachgoers near Puerto del Carmen.
It was not immediately clear who had found the body.
Cops launched an investigation but said at the time that there was nothing at that stage pointing to the death being suspicious.
Before this another British man, 35, was found dead in the village of Mojacar, near a popular beach.
Blood was reportedly seen on the walls and floor of the unidentified spot where his body was found.
He was found near Vantanicas beach, a popular local spot for visitors to the area.