A 55-year-old visitor from the United States died Wednesday afternoon after becoming unresponsive in the water while snorkelling.
Police said they responded to a report of a person in distress at sea, shortly after 3:15pm.
The man, who had been snorkelling at the Kittiwake wreck site, was brought back to a boat and people on board administered CPR.
According to a brief statement by police, the man was taken by ambulance to the Cayman Islands Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending doctor.
This is the third-water related death reported on island this year.
A 67-year-old man from the US died on 15 April after getting into difficulty while snorkelling off Seven Mile Beach, and on 30 April, a 75-year-old George Town man died after becoming unresponsive while swimming off Smith Barcadere.
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