A US visitor was pronounced dead on Wednesday, after he was found unresponsive in the water.
The visitor – who had been snorkelling – is Cayman’s first water-related death of 2023.
Police, in a statement Wednesday evening, confirmed the death, however no further details were released regarding the victim’s identity.
The incident happened shortly after 11:30am on Wednesday, when officers responded to a report that a man was found unresponsive in the water off South Church Street.
Police said the Cayman Islands Coast Guard and other emergency services attended the scene and the Coast Guard vessel was able to locate the man, who had been out snorkelling, and transport him to shore.
He was then taken by ambulance to the Cayman Islands Hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead.
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