Tourist dies snorkelling in East End

(CNS): A 59-year-old man died yesterday while snorkelling off the Reef Resort, East End and police say they have now started an investigation. At around 3pm, the 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call from a Tortuga Divers employee reporting that a snorkeler had been reported missing and a search was underway.

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) said that it has begun an investigation after into the snorkeler’s death on Tuesday, 4 November. The man was located unconscious in the water and brought to shore and under the direction of 911 operators, CPR was conducted until medics arrived. Police and medics attended and he was taken to hospital where he was unfortunately pronounced dead.

The man had been on vacation in Grand Cayman with friends and was from the United States. The RCIPS offered its condolences to the family and friends of the victim and commend all those who were involved in the search for man, as well as those who administered CPR before medics arrived, for their efforts.

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