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Promising 17-year-old footballer drowns in canal along with friend

Jorge Sánchez Vaca [COURTESY]

Canary Islands club UD Las Palmas have announced the tragic death of a promising 17-year-old player who drowned in a canal in southwest Spain.

Budding professional footballer Jorge Sanchez Vaca – along with a 15-year-old friend – suffered the fatal accident in the province of Badajoz, where Vaca had relatives, after getting caught in some piping while they were swimming in the waters.

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