As reported by Eturbonews.com. a tourist from India drowned yesterday in heavy surf at Phuket’s Kata beach. It was the third drowning on the island’s holiday beaches in the space of three days. The man, named as Ramesh Chand Singhal, 49, took a bodyboard into the surf for a swim about 5pm at Kata, according to a spokesperson for the Phuket Lifeguard Service. Read Article
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According to CNN, a 21-year-old woman whose body was found in a water tank of a Los Angeles hotel in February was the victim of an accidental drowning, medical examiners reported Thursday. The decomposing body of Elisa Lam floated inside a water tank on the roof of the Cecil Hotel while guests brushed their teeth, […]
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According to thenews.pl, a German tourist drowned on Wednesday evening while swimming in one of the popular Masurian lakes of north east Poland. Police revealed that the 67-year-old man had been staying at a hotel in the vicinity of Lake Talty (pictured), which is the deepest lake in the region. The man went for a […]
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According to a report from irishmirror.com, on Saturday evening a Lithuanian man drowned after going for a swim with friends at Ballyquirke lake in Moycullen, Co Galway. The man got into difficulty at around 7.30pm. The Shannon-based rescue helicopter was alerted and then the Casla Bay Coastguard Unit was scrambled and it recovered the man’s […]
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Arkansasonline.com reports that an Alabama city closed all its beaches Monday after four men drowned in dangerous rip currents in the Gulf of Mexico in a two-day period. Gulf Shores officials Monday posted double red flags on all beaches in the city, meaning that extremely hazardous conditions are present and all waters are closed to […]
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Mid-day.com reports that a woman tourist from Delhi drowned in the Ganga at Rishikesh when her raft overturned in the river on its way to Munikireti, police said today. 30-year-old Sahiba Ibrar Haq and other members of the rafting team fell into the river as her raft turned turtle at Club House Rapid, they said. […]
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The Miami Herald reports that a tourist from France who went for a swim with his wife apparently drowned on South Beach on Monday. He got caught in a rip current and his body was found several hours later near Fifth Street and Ocean Drive, Miami Beach police spokeswoman Vivian Hernandez said. Read article
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The Times of India reports that the body of a 29-year-old Ukrainian tourist, identified as Olina Sivinsika, was recovered from the Ganga near Bhagirathi Dham ashram in Rishikesh in Dehradun district. A police officer said the body was recovered by a joint team of the National Disaster Response Force and the Uttarakhand Jal Police 10 […]
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According to heraldonline.com, a 22-year-old North Carolina man has died in a kayaking accident on the Payette River in Idaho, north of Boise. Boise County officials say Eric Weigel of Asheville, N.C., was kayaking the North Fork of the Payette with two friends on Wednesday afternoon when he apparently flipped over and hit his head, […]
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Standard.co.uk reports that the son of best-selling author Gilda O’Neill has been found dead on a beach in Thailand. The body of Jeremy O’Neill was found on Patong beach in Phuket. The 37-year-old son of the late critically acclaimed author had been studying Thai at Patong Language School, just a few hundred yards from the […]
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