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Bystanders rescue woman swept into sea at A Coruña’s Riazor beach
Bystanders rescued a woman swept into the sea at Riazor beach in A Coruña, north-western Spain, on Sunday.
She had been reading near the shore when a wave knocked her into the water and carried her towards rocks.
Five people began a human chain, and others joined them to pull her back to the sand.
She could not get out of the water by herself.
Emergency services took her to hospital with mild hypothermia.
The rescue happened during a yellow coastal-weather warning, with combined waves forecast to exceed four metres.
The warning was due to remain in force until midnight.
Bystanders rescued a woman from the sea at Riazor beach in A Coruña after a wave swept her away.
A human chain that began with five people grew to about a dozen rescuers, according to reports.
The woman was taken by ambulance to hospital with hypothermia.
The rescue took place during a day of strong waves and a yellow coastal-weather warning.
- Who
- A woman was rescued by bystanders.
- What
- A wave swept her into the sea, and people formed a human chain to bring her back to the beach.
- When
- Sunday, October 25, 2026, at about 13:45 or 14:00; reports differ on the time.
- Where
- Riazor beach in A Coruña, Spain.
- Why
- A wave swept the woman into the water while she was reading near the shore.
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A caller alerted Galicia’s 112 emergency service that the woman was in the water.
Bystanders formed a human chain and brought the woman to the beach; reports give different times for the incident.
Emergency medical services took the woman to hospital with hypothermia.
- Location
- Riazor beach, A Coruña
- Rescuers
- A chain began with five people and grew to about a dozen, according to La Voz de Galicia
- Emergency call
- 13:45, according to reports
- Hospital
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (Chuac), according to La Voz de Galicia
- Weather warning
- Yellow alert for coastal conditions; waves forecast to exceed four metres