At 13:40 on Sunday, 8 November, the Guardia Civil was alerted to a firearm injury in San Vitores, Medio Cudeyo, at the end of a hunting day. The hunter died at the scene despite efforts by those present to revive him.
Initial inquiries indicate that a member of the hunting group was handling a firearm when it discharged and struck another hunter. Guardia Civil sources described the discharge as accidental, while stressing that officers had opened formal proceedings to establish the circumstances, including how the weapon was handled. Europa Press and El Correo reported the account from police sources.
The Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances. The fatal shooting was the second hunter death recorded in Cantabria within three days. It is separate from the publication’s Urda rail crash coverage.
On Thursday, 5 November, a 43-year-old man from Los Corrales de Buelna died during a hunt on the southern slope of Monte Ibio, in Coo. Hunting companions called 112 shortly after 11:00. Emergency crews included the regional medical helicopter and firefighters from Los Corrales de Buelna; 061 medical personnel and the Guardia Civil also attended. Companions began resuscitation before the helicopter medical team took over and certified his death. The 112 emergency service said a possible heart attack had caused his death.
A separate incident on Saturday, 7 November, required the rescue of a hunter who had accidentally shot himself in the foot on the track connecting La Helguera with La Granja in Sámano, within the municipality of Castro Urdiales. The projectile grazed his foot, and the injury was described as minor. DYA Cantabria responders reached him by off-road vehicle, treated and immobilized the wound, then transferred him by ambulance to Hospital de Laredo.
