One dead and six people with hypothermia after a boat capsizes in Menorca

One person has died and six others have symptoms of hypothermia, after a boat capsized in Menorca this Sunday.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
30 March 2024 Saturday 22:21
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One dead and six people with hypothermia after a boat capsizes in Menorca

One person has died and six others have symptoms of hypothermia, after a boat capsized in Menorca this Sunday.

As reported by SAMU 061, the event occurred around 1:15 p.m. this Sunday, in the area of ​​Cala Sa Mesquida, when the alert was received that a boat had overturned and Salvamento Marítimo had evacuated five rescued people by helicopter. to the Mateu Orfila Hospital in Maó.

SAMU 061 has moved an advanced life support ambulance and another basic life support ambulance to the helisurface to carry out a first triage of the patients.

Subsequently, it moved the advanced life support unit to the Port of Maó to assist two other people from the same incident, who have been evacuated by sea. Both people have also been transferred to the Mateu Orfila Hospital.

Of the total number of people rescued, one has ended up dying and the other six have been less serious with hypothermia.