Bob James’ Spanish News Headlines – Visual format – Dateline: 08/12/25 – Latest
A rogue wave that hit a tourist hotspot has killed three people and left three others injured.
Two men and a woman, were killed near the natural pools on the Los Gigantes cliffs in the north-west of Tenerife at arround 4 pm yesterday
Paramedics said the group had been surprised by the wave – which knocked them into the water and swept them out to sea.
Another woman went into cardiac arrest at the scene before being revived and taken to Hospital by air ambulance.
A third woman was also taken to the hospital with what has been described as ‘moderate’ injuries.
Another two also got into difficulties but managed to reach safety without help.
The rogue wave comes just a month after the island was hit by an enormous wave that crashed into onlookers – killing one and injuring nine.
A young British Liverpool Football fan has died on Tenerife, with authorities investigating the possibility of murder.
The man, identified only by his first name of Harry, was cycling on the island when he was struck in a hit-and-run crash, which had signs of being deliberate.
He was pronounced dead at the scene on the evening of December 1, with the alarm raised around 8pm in the municipality of Arona.
Local media said the Guardia Civil have taken over from local Police and are investigating whether the ‘British’ man had been ‘murdered.’
It said: ‘After initial inquiries officers reached the early conclusion that he wasn’t run over by accident.’
No arrests are believed to have taken place so far, with the suspect still at large.
Three people died and six were injured, most of then seriously, in different traffic accidents in Malaga province yesterday morning.
The last accident took place at 7.05am on the A-7 motorway through San Pedro Alcántara. A collision between two cars and a motorbike caused the death of the driver of one of the cars and left three other people injured, two of them seriously.
Another serious accident occurred on the A-7376 Roadd in Ronda at 2am yesterday. One person died and three others were seriously injured the accident involved a vehicle leaving the road.
The earliest accident yesterday took place at 1.36am, when a 30-year-old man died after his motorbike crashed into a palm tree in Marbella.
That’s the latest from TRE, I’m Bob James.
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