Tragedy as Alicante teenager dies after accident

Tragedy as a teenager from Alicante dies after an accident while preparing for an equestrian competition.

Sadly, a 16-year-old from Alicante has died after spending several days in hospital after suffering an accident while preparing for a horse riding competition last Friday. The teenager spent several days in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Valencia, before tragically passing away.

According to Europa Press, the teenager fell from a horse and was hit by a horseshoe.

The teenager will be sadly missed and had been a student at Carmelitas College. The young teenager was well known in Alicante and was part of the Moors and Christians festival and was a member of the Contrabandistas troop in Alicante. Many people have taken to social media to pay tribute and share their condolences for this sad death. Condolences have been passed on to the family.

A tribute on Facebook read: “You left too early, fate had other plans for you.

“You lit up our fashion shows with your skill and stole our hearts with your kindness and sympathy from the first moment.

“You will always be with us because you have settled in our hearts, but nothing can calm this great pain that we have.”

Many organizations including the Neighborhood Festivities Board of Directors offered their condolences to the family after the terrible tragedy.

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