Visitor reportedly drowns at The Baths
BVI News has received reports of a 52-year-old male US citizen who drowned while visiting The Baths with friends in Virgin Gorda on Wednesday, March 12.
According to Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) Director Phil Aspinall, the team responded to a call at approximately eight o’clock in the morning and attempted multiple rounds of CPR, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The man was later pronounced dead at the Iris O’Neal Clinic in Virgin Gorda.
This marks the first reported fatality at The Baths this year.
Our news centre awaits further details on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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My condolences to the family. Can we please get some more trained life guard presence at the beaches and aquatic attractions.
I believe that all Caribbean country should put a warning at the arrival lounge for tourist about the potential danger if they don’t take it gradually in trying to swim in salt water and it’s buoyancy which is completely different to lakes in which these tourist from large countries who have never seen the sea water before except on television, get excited to go into our torquois white sand beaches and imperiled themselves.