Two missing and one dead in storms as freak wave strikes Galicia beach
Thursday, January 9, 2014 @ 12:37 PM
THE body of one of three members of the same family swept out to sea by a tidal wave in Galicia has been found.
Rodrigo Pena, 70, was with his daughter Patricia, 25, brother-in-law Juan Bedoya, 50, and another young woman whose identity has not been revealed when freak storms in the area caused high tides which washed the first three of them away.
They had been on the beach near the lighthouse at A Frouxeira, in the province of A Coruña on Twelfth Night to scatter the ashes of a close relative who had died over Christmas.
Patricia, who works at a shopping centre in Ferrol and Juan, who both live in nearby O Canto do Muro and are well-known and popular in the area, are still missing.
Another young woman who is said to be related to Rodrigo and Patricia managed to swim ashore and was taken to hospital with cuts and bruises.
She is said to be recovering well and her condition is not serious.
The body of Rodrigo, who owns a butcher's shop in San Vicente de Meirás, close to the scene of the tragedy, was found on the beach where he went missing at 01.30hrs yesterday (Tuesday).
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