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Horror as man dies after being run over on beach at Brit holiday hotspot
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Horror as man dies after being run over on beach at Brit holiday hotspot The victim, whose identity has not been made public, was sleeping on the sand when he was hit in the early morning on L'Arrabassada Beach in Tarragona A man has died on a beach in Spain after he was run over by a cleaning vehicle while he was asleep. The victim was sleeping on the sand when he was hit in the early morning on L'Arrabassada Beach in Tarragona. It is understood the man was sleeping under a blanket, which...
Horror as man dies after being run over on beach at Brit holiday hotspot
The victim, whose identity has not been made public, was sleeping on the sand when he was hit in the early morning on L'Arrabassada Beach in Tarragona
A man has died on a beach in Spain after he was run over by a cleaning vehicle while he was asleep.
The victim was sleeping on the sand when he was hit in the early morning on L'Arrabassada Beach in Tarragona. It is understood the man was sleeping under a blanket, which made him less visible.
He was rushed to hospital after receiving treatment from paramedics at the scene and arrived there conscious following the incident, which took place around 6am on Sunday. The following day, however, the man died at Joan XXIII Hospital in Tarragona, a city on the east coast of Spain.
A police investigation was launched, with the driver of the cleaning vehicle reportedly telling officers he didn't see the man he hit. The suspect passed a breath test at the scene.
The nationality of the victim has not been revealed yet. L’Arrabassada Beach is a long and wide family beach at the north of Tarragona’s seafront, consisting mainly of fine, golden sand.
It is just over a mile and a half from the city marina. A German tourist died in Gran Canaria in December 2024 after he was run over by a delivery vehicle as she sunbathed on the sand.
The victim, 64, was killed instantly after the 4x4 pick-up went over her chest at the Brit-popular Playa del Ingles resort while her husband was taking a dip in the sea. The driver of the vehicle didn't stop after the incident and, once he was eventually in custody, he insisted he had no idea he had hit someone during the lunchtime incident.
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 driver was identified locally at the time as a 50-year-old who had been working on the beach for a decade and knew the area very well.