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Spain: British passenger collapses and dies in airport waiting for flight home

According to metro.co.uk, a pregnant Briton collapsed and died at a Spanish airport as she waited to return from holiday with her family. The 21-year-old had been celebrating her grandmother’s 70th birthday on the Costa Brava, it emerged yesterday. The victim, who was believed to be three or four months pregnant, was taken ill while she waited to board a Birmingham-bound flight at Girona airport on Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses said she had passed through the departure gate and was travelling in a lift from the terminal building to the runway level when she reported feeling dizzy. Read article

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Baby dies in conveyor belt accident at Spanish airport

CTV.com reports that a five-month-old baby boy has died in an accident after being placed on a baggage conveyor belt at an airport in southeast Spain, local authorities said Thursday. A spokeswoman for the Alicante airport management company Aena said the baby and his American mother arrived at the airport late Wednesday on a flight […]

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Ibiza Spain: Scottish Tourist Dies from suspected crystal meth induced heart attack

scotsman.com reported that a Scottish tourist has died in hospital five days after collapsing at a nightclub in Ibiza while on holiday. Gillian March, 37, is believed to have suffered a suspected drug-induced heart attack while partying at the island’s Amnesia nightclub last Friday. She failed to come out of a coma and passed away […]

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Marbella Spain: Russian tourist killed by hit and run driver

She had chosen Marbella as a holiday destination. With the energy that give 19 years, free for the first known time in a foreign country and accompanied by a friend, both from Russia, came to town ready to enjoy your days off. Mid-August, 5:30 am on a Thursday. The night had been long and fatigue […]

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Spain: British Tourist dies in fall from 13th floor of hotel

elmundo.es reported a British woman has died in 34 years early Friday as it plunged into the void from the thirteenth floor of a hotel in Benidorm (Alicante) when he was celebrating a bachelor party for a friend, according to confirmed sources of the National Police. The accident occurred about 2:30 am in the morning […]

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Spain: British man dies in elevator accident in Barcelona

According to dailymail.co.uk, a British man has died after being involved in a lift accident while on holiday in Barcelona. Pub manager Joe Smith, 24, of Leicester, died following an accident in a lift on Tuesday, it was revealed today. It was unclear how the accident happened or exactly where in the Spanish city it […]

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British tourist killed at campsite in Spain, son arrested for his murder

Dailymail.co.uk reports that a British tourist has been arrested on suspicion of battering his father to death in a brutal fight at a Spanish camp site. The 45-year-old, named in the Spanish press as Ian Bennet, allegedly launched into a vicious assault on his 69-year-old father, identified locally as Douglas Bennet, in the early hours […]

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Young British boy drowns in swimming pool in Spain

According to thecourier.co.uk, a three-year-old British boy died after he fell into a swimming pool in Spain during a family holiday, police said. Relatives tried to save the youngster, named locally as Shae Colford, after they discovered him floating in the water at his grandparents’ home near Malaga. But the child is said to have […]

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British traveler dies after drinking binge in Spain

According to AOL Travel UK, a British holidaymaker has died after a heavy night of partying on holiday in Ibiza. John Sharp, 31, was found floating dead in the sea near the Playa d’en Bossa resort on Saturday morning. According to the Metro, a post mortem examination revealed he had taken a cocktail of drugs […]

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French tourist dies in skateboarding accident in Spain

The olivepress.es reports that a 21-year-old French tourist, died after colliding with a wall while on his skateboard. A security guard from the urbanization Las Brisas in Marbella found him and called 112. Read article

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