They rescue a 12-year-old boy and search for an adult missing after falling into the sea in Tenerife

Europa Press

Updated Sunday, February 25, 2024-11:06

A 12-year-old boy was rescued this Saturday afternoon and emergency services are searching for

an adult missing

after falling into the sea on Rojas beach, in the municipality of El Sauzal (Tenerife),

due to strong waves.

According to the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (Cecoes), 112, at around 4:45 p.m., an alert was received reporting that two people had fallen into the sea, adding that

the adult had hit the rocks and that the minor was swimming away. of the breaker.

For this reason, the Emergency and Rescue Group of the Canary Islands Government (GES), Tenerife Firefighters, Maritime Rescue, Local Police, Civil Guard and Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) were activated.

The GES helicopter located the minor, hoisted him onto the aircraft and landed on a nearby platform where the SUC ambulances were already waiting to provide him with medical assistance.

In this regard, the minor, who had

hypothermia

and moderate erosions, was taken by ambulance to the Canary Islands University Hospital along with a woman in a state of anxiety.

The SUC in turn activated the group of emergency psychologists to assist the relatives of those affected at the scene of the incident.

The Tenerife Firefighters team that went to the scene collaborated with the health and rescue resources, but the strong waves and the poor state of the sea

prevented them from rescuing the other person

who, according to what they informed the coordinating center, had disappeared in one of the caves in the area.

For its part, the GES helicopter returned to the place where the victim had disappeared until it was relieved by the Maritime Rescue helicopter, the Helimer, which continued the search without obtaining results.

A Maritime Rescue vessel joined the search device by sea and agents from the Local Police, Civil Guard and Firefighters collaborated on land.

However, the SUC maintained a preventive medicalized ambulance and the psychological support group, while Civil Guard agents remained in the search area during the night and early in the morning the operation was resumed to which the group of the GEAS.