British woman drowns during Crete holiday: Body is found washed up on beach
- The elderly woman was found unconscious on Wednesday on Almyrida beach
- Rescuers performed CPR for 30 minutes before she was rushed to a hospital
- However, she did not respond to the attempts and was pronounced dead
- The woman is the third person to tragically die in Chania in a matter of days after local authorities’ controversial decision to remove lifeguards from the beach
A British woman has drowned during a holiday in Crete, with her body being found washed up on a beach on the Greek island.
The elderly woman, believed to have been from Wales, was found unconscious on Wednesday on the beach of Almyrida, Chania, on the island’s north-west coast.
CPR was carried out on the woman by rescuers for 30 minutes, but she did not respond. She was rushed to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead.
The woman is the third person to tragically die at the resort in a matter of days after local authorities’ controversial decision to remove lifeguards from the beach.
She is also the third British person to die in Greece in recent months, after a student was killed by helicopter blades in Athens in July – and a after a British boat skipper died in a freak accident while tying up his vessel that same month.
The elderly woman, believed to have been from Wales, was found unconscious on Wednesday on the beach of Almyrida, Chania (pictured, file photo), on the island’s north-west coast
Jack Fenton, 22, was struck when he walked behind the Bell 407 helicopter while its engine was still engaged after flying back from the party island of Mykonos.
Greek investigators had said the Oxford Brooks student ran back on to the tarmac after safely disembarking so he could take a selfie, despite warnings from ground crew, and accidentally ran into a whirring blade.
Speaking to MailOnline, 20-year-old Jack Stanton-Gleaves who was in the helicopter along with friends James Yeabsley, 19, and former Bournemouth University student Max Savage, 20, said no instructions were given on how to safely disembark.
Earlier in July, a 30-year-old British skipper – described by local media as a tourist – was attempting to anchor his vessel – the Captain Denise – to a rock on the island of Nimos when he slipped and fell.
He was knocked unconscious and fell into the water before being pulled out by his three passengers, who also called the coastguard. Medics provided first aid and were preparing to transfer him to a larger hospital when he died, local media reports.
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