Tourist dies while swimming off 7MB

(CNS): A woman who was visiting the Cayman Islands on a cruise ship died on Wednesday 3 June while swimming off the Seven Mile Beach. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) said this evening that it has launched an investigation into the death of the visitor. The 62-year-old woman had been brought to shore unconscious and was pronounced dead at the Cayman Islands Hospital.

Police said that the 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call from a member of the public at around 11:45am on Wednesday reporting that a swimmer had been brought to shore unconscious in the vicinity of Royal Palms. Police and medics responded to the scene and the  woman was taken to hospital where she was unfortunately pronounced dead.

Detectives have been told that the woman, who was a passenger aboard Liberty of the Seas, had been swimming with her husband when she got into difficulty. Her husband sought assistance from another cruise ship passenger who was in the area on a jet-ski and she was brought to shore.

Detectives from George Town CID are currently investigating the death and a post mortem will be carried out. A Family Liaison Officer has been appointed to the relatives and the RCIPS sends its condolences to the family and friends of the victim.