21/08/2014

63-Year-Old Dies In Sailing Accident

Dyfed-Powys Police have reported the death of a 63-year-old man in a sailing accident off the Pembrokeshire coast.

According to police, the man was with two others in a dinghy that capsized at about 18:35 on Wednesday at Newport beach.

Two lifeboats and an RAF Sea King helicopter responded to an emergency call and the three men were rescued from the water.

However the man died a short time later at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.

An investigation into his death is underway.

(MH/CD)

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