British tourist dies on Greek island sun lounger after resort lifeguard alerted
The 73-year-old was discovered by fellow stunned holidaymakers at Agia Paraskevi in Skiathos, Greece.
A British tourist has been tragically been found dead on a sun lounger during a Greek island holiday.
The 73-year-old was discovered by fellow stunned holidaymakers at Agia Paraskevi in Skiathos, Greece. A lifeguard at the resort was alerted.
A doctor reportedly worked to bring him back for 40 minutes but sadly the man could not be saved, The Mirror reports.
The UK's Foreign Office confirmed the death of the man, who has not yet been 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 not currently known with an autopsy already being carried out.
The man is the second Brit to die on a beach in Greece this month.
Emergency crews rushed to Lindos beach in Rhodes after a man had lost consciousness whilst out swimming on June 12.
Officers from the Central Port Authority raced the man to the nearby Archangelos health centre, where he was pronounced dead.
A British tourist also died in a suspected drowning incident after getting into difficult whilst swimming in the sea off the Costa Del Sol.
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.
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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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