A 73-year-old man was found by fellow holidaymakers on a beach in Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos, in Greece, as medics failed to revive him on his sun lounger
A British tourist has been found dead on a beach during a Greek island holiday.
The 73-year-old is said to have been discovered by fellow holidaymakers in Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos, in Greece. A lifeguard was alerted, but the man could not be saved, despite a doctor attempting to bring him around for 40 minutes.
The UK’s Foreign Office confirmed the death of the man, who has not yet be named. They said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.”
The cause of death is currently not known with an autopsy already being carried out. The man is the second Brit to die on a beach in Greece this month.
A 68-year-old lost his life after going swimming and losing consciousness on June 12. Officers from the Central Port Authority rushed to Lindos beach in Rhodes and took the man to the nearby Archangelos health centre, where he was pronounced dead.
That came just weeks after a British tourist died in a suspected drowning after getting into difficulty whilst swimming in the sea. The holidaymaker went for a late-evening swim at the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola in Spain, as concerned eyewitnesses noticed he began struggling.
Police said onlookers then pulled him out of the water after calling emergency services. There was nothing the emergency responders could do to save him when they reached the beach and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
“A spokesman for a regional emergency response coordination centre confirmed: “A man died yesterday evening at a beach in Fuengirola. Emergency responders received the first of several calls around 9.10pm, saying a man was drowning in the sea off Fuengirola’s seafront.
“According to the callers he was about 60 metres out and was having difficulties getting out of the water. National and local police were mobilised along with coastguards and paramedics.”
“Two members of the public were able to get the man out of the water but despite the efforts of the emergency responders to save his life, there was nothing they could do to revive him. He was pronounced dead on the beach before he could be taken to hospital.”
In April, an Irish holidaymaker drowned on a nearby Costa del Sol beach during Spain’s historic blackout.
Darren Pilson, 53, from Howth, Co Dublin, was pulled out of the water after getting into difficulties off a beach in the resort of La Carihuela near Torremolinos.
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