A TOURIST has died after being run over and killed by a delivery truck as she sunbathed in Gran Canaria.
The 64-year-old victim was hit by a 4×4 pick-up at the Brit-popular Playa del Ingles resort while her husband was taking a dip in the sea.
The person driving the car that collided with her did not stop. He was later found by the police and claimed that he was unaware that he had hit someone.
The incident happened near the famous Maspalomas Dunes a few feet away from a beach kiosk believed to be among those the pick-up delivered merchandise to.
The ongoing police investigation is understood to be focusing on why the vehicle was on the beach outside of the permitted 8am-11am delivery times and whether it was keeping to a designated route.
Officials have not yet confirmed the victim’s nationality but she is understood to be a German woman who was holidaying in the south of Gran Canaria.
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency response coordination centre said: “A woman has died after being run over a by a quad on a beach in Gran Canaria.
“The incident occurred around 12.30pm yesterday at Playa del Ingles in the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana.
“She was confirmed dead after beach lifeguards responded with initial medical assistance.
“Police attended the scene along with paramedics.”
Well-placed police sources said the driver who ran over the tourist passed drink and drug tests.
He has been fully identified but is not thought to have been arrested.
He now faces being quizzed by an investigating judge put in charge of an ongoing court probe into the tragedy.
Police have not yet revealed his nationality. He has been described locally as a 50-year-old who had been working on the beach for a decade and knows the area very well.
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