Swimmer dies following sea swim

| 21/06/2010

(CNS): Update 1:20 pm Tuesday – Police have named the 50-year-old woman who died after taking part in the Flower’s Sea Swim at the weekend as Wendy Louise Buckner of Winnipeg, Canada. Following a post mortem examination police confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. Buckner, an experienced swimmer and a Canadian visitor to Grand Cayman, had taken unwell during the event on Saturday afternoon. She was helped to shore by event staff and was assisted at the first aid tent. She was subsequently conveyed by ambulance to the Cayman Islands Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
 

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  1. Kent says:

    God Bless and may he pass peace onto the family.  I hurt for their loss.

  2. Jack says:

    My condolences to the family and friends of this young lady.

     

    God Bless