Retired Scots couple died in Majorca flood
A RETIRED headmaster and his wife have been identified as the two Britons killed when their taxi was swept away by floodwater in Majorca.
Grandparents Antony and Delia Green, from Moffat, Dumfriesshire, were being driven to a hotel in Cala Bona when the accident happened.
Their taxi driver Juan Sillero also died when the taxi was caught in the torrent near the coastal resort of S’illot on Tuesday.
Mr Green, 77, and his wife, 75, who were originally from Leigh in Greater Manchester, had three children. Mrs Green was said to have had health problems which affected her mobility.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office on behalf of the family said: “Delia and Tony were a loving, kind and caring couple. The family take some solace from the knowledge that they died together. Our thoughts also go out to their taxi driver’s family, who are coming to terms with their loss as well.”
Rescue workers found the taxi under water in S’illot on Wednesday. Divers found the couple’s bodies inside, while Mr Sillero was found lifeless nearby.
The death toll from the floods on the Spanish island rose to 12 yesterday after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered.
The area around the town of Sant Llorenc, 40 miles east of the capital, Palma, had up to 9in (23cm) of rainfall in just a few hours on Tuesday.