Elderly man drowns during morning swim at Hong Kong’s Lung Mei Beach
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An elderly man drowned while swimming at Lung Mei Beach in Hong Kong’s Tai Po on Thursday morning.
Police said they received a report at 7.25am of a swimmer struggling to stay afloat.
Officers rescued the 73-year-old man about 100 metres (328 feet) from shore.
He was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead.
Police retrieved a backpack believed to belong to the man from a locker at the beach.
Lifeguard services at the public beach operate from 9am to
Police said they received a report at 7.25am of a swimmer struggling to stay afloat.
Officers rescued the 73-year-old man about 100 metres (328 feet) from shore.
He was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead.
Police retrieved a backpack believed to belong to the man from a locker at the beach.
Lifeguard services at the public beach operate from 9am to
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