Woman dies in yachting accident

A 51-year-old British woman drowned in the Paphos area yesterday after the sailing boat she was in capsized in rough seas.

Police said a helicopter was dispatched to the Toxeftra area of the Akamas peninsula after a call was received at 11.15am from a British permanent resident that the victim and her husband, 61, had gone sailing earlier in the morning and failed to return.

Peyia police spotted the capsized vessel around 100 metres off the coast but the helicopter had to be called because of the rough weather.

The couple were evacuated at around 12.10pm and flown to Paphos hospital where the woman was pronounced dead on arrival. Her husband was treated and released.

A post mortem will be carried out tomorrow.

 

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