Brit is swept away to his death after 'trying to drive his Volvo across flooded creek' in Spain during ferocious storm

Daily Mail - Sep 17, 2026

Officials confirmed today a man who died trying to cross a swollen creek an hour's drive south of Barcelona during storms last night was British.

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