News about Alexander Johnson

A British man has been airlifted to hospital in a 'critical condition' after getting into difficulties in the sea off the paradise Spanish island of Formentera. The 70-year-old was pulled out of the water the picture-postcard Ses Illetes beach by lifeguards who performed life-saving CPR on him. Emergency responders stabilised him on the sand before an ambulance took him initially to the island hospital. Doctors then decided he should be flown by helicopter to Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza given the seriousness of his condition. The news came shortly after 3.30pm this afternoon and the Brit, who has not been named, was said to be in intensive care last night as he fought for his life..

A horrifying scene unfolded in Vietnam this morning as a steel bridge collapsed, sending 12 vehicles plummeting into the engorged Red River. The tragic incident, which took place on the morning of September 9 in Phu Tho province, has left at least 13 people missing, while three survivors were pulled from the water and rushed to the hospital. Dashcam footage from a nearby motorist captured the terrifying moment the structure crumbles beneath a lorry into the river, sending the vehicle plunging headfirst into the depths below. The clip also showed a motorcyclist narrowly avoiding the same fate as he came to a screeching halt just moments before the bridge gave way. Another motorcyclist, 50-year-old Pham Truong Son, recounted the harrowing experience of falling into the river, telling VNExpress that he heard a loud noise just before the bridge collapsed beneath him.

A body - which has not yet been identified as missing Alexander Johnson - was found in the canyon known as the Torrent de Pareis in the island's Tramuntana mountain range in Sa Calobra this morning. Just after 11.15am local time a Civil Guard spokesman said: 'The Civil Guard has found the body of a young man which pending official identification, corresponds to that of the man who disappeared on Tuesday while he was hiking in the Torrent de Pareis.' Mr Johnson, 32, is feared to have been caught by floodwaters as he tried to save his partner, Sarah Jane Thompson, 26. Her body was found on Wednesday morning in a flooded canyon the pair had been hiking when they were swept away by a torrent of water during a storm on Tuesday afternoon.

A British woman who died after being swept away into a Majorcan canyon during brutal flooding earlier this week has been named as Sarah Jane Thompson, 26. Police and firefighters will today resume their search for Sarah's missing boyfriend Alexander Johnson, 32, who is feared to have been caught by floodwaters as he tried to save his partner. The couple were caught in a shocking flood amid torrential rain during an excursion in the Tramuntana mountain range in Sa Calobra on the Spanish island Tuesday afternoon. A pair of trousers believed to belong to Alexander was found by search teams yesterday after divers joined the hunt for the missing man in the flooded canyon called the Torrent de Pareis.

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