Portuguese Man Dies of Natural Causes in Andorran Guesthouse
A man in his sixties was found dead in his room at Pensió Roser in Escaldes-Engordany after falling ill while showering; emergency services.
Key Points
- Staff alerted authorities at 1:45 p.m. after cries for help from the victim's room at Pensió Roser.
- SUM medical teams arrived with ambulances but declared the man dead on site.
- Police found no evidence of violence and classified death as natural causes.
- Body removal authorized at 4 p.m. after mayor's certification; guesthouse resumed operations.
Emergency services, police, and firefighters responded to a guesthouse in Escaldes-Engordany on Friday afternoon after a Portuguese man in his sixties was found dead in his room.
The incident unfolded at Pensió Roser on Avinguda Fiter i Rossell, near Nostra Senyora de Meritxell Hospital. Guesthouse staff alerted authorities around 1:45 p.m. following cries for help from the room, where the long-term resident had fallen ill while showering. SUM medical teams arrived with two ambulances but could not revive him, and he was declared dead on site.
Police, including investigators and traffic units from Escaldes, secured the area. No evidence of violence was found, and the Andorran police classified the death as due to natural causes. Officers remained at the scene pending certification from the local mayor, who arrived later to officially confirm the death. Judicial authorization for body removal was granted around 4 p.m., allowing emergency teams to complete the process.
The guesthouse resumed normal operations, with customers observed on the terrace of its ground-floor café. Police have provided no further details as the matter concludes.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- El Periòdic•
La Policia apunta a causes naturals en la mort d’un home en una pensió d’Escaldes-Engordany aquest migdia
- Altaveu•
Mobilització sanitària i policial per la mort d'un home en una pensió d'Escaldes
- Diari d'Andorra•
Mobilització dels serveis d'emergència per la mort d'una persona en una pensió d'Escaldes