The 60-year-old British tourist, who has not been named, was found unconcious in a pool by fellow swimmers at a hotel in Paphos, Cyrpus on Sunday – and was later pronounced dead in hospital
A British man has died after he was found unconcious in a swimming pool while on holiday in Cyprus.
The 60-year-old, who has not been named, was discovered by fellow swimmers at a hotel in Paphos on Sunday afternoon. He was then was taken to Paphos General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by medics. His cause of death has not yet been established, but a post-mortem examination was carried out at the Nicosia mortuary today. Police have also launched an investigation to establish what happened in the lead up to the tourist’s death. According to KNews, the man was spotted floating in the water unresponsive before swimmers pulled him out and called the emergency services for help.
The incident comes just days after a British tourist died in a suspected drowning after getting into difficulty in the sea. The holidaymaker, aged 57, was taking advantage of the good weather in the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola in Costa del Sol, Spain, and went for a late-evening swim.
According to Spanish police, onlookers saw him struggling and pulled him out of the water after calling emergency services. When emergency responders arrived on scene, there was nothing they could do to save him. He was pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday, May 22.
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.”