Horror as Brit tourist found dead on Greek beach sun lounger after 'feeling ill'

A British tourist has tragically been found dead on his sun lounger on a popularGreek beach after reportedly becoming unwell.

The 74-year-old was discovered unconscious on Stalis Beach on the isle of Crete by other people at the resort at around 12pm on Sunday. Emergency services rushed to the scene and made a desperate bid to revive the man, but unfortunately their efforts proved unsuccessful. It is understood that he had first gone for aswim before returning to the sun lounger and there are reports he had a "strong feeling" of sickness shortly before his death.

Paramedics from Hellenic National Center of Emergency Care (EKAB) treated the man at the scene and no cause of death has yet been given by the Greek authorities. An autopsy is now being carried out, said cretapost.gr.

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It comes after several tragic beach deaths over the last few months involving British citizens on holiday. A 73-year-old man was found dead on a beach in Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos, in Greece.

A lifeguard was alerted, but the man could not be saved, despite a doctor attempting to bring him around for 40 minutes.

And a 68-year-old lost his life after going swimming and losing consciousness on June 12. Officers from the Central Port Authority rushed to Lindos beach in Rhodes and took the man to the nearby Archangelos health centre, where he was pronounced dead.

That followed a British tourist dying in a suspected drowning after getting into difficulty while swimming in the sea. The holidaymaker went for a late-evening swim at the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola in Spain, as concerned eyewitnesses noticed he began struggling.

Police said onlookers then pulled him out of the water after calling emergency services. There was nothing the emergency responders could do to save him when they reached the beach and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesman for a regional emergency response coordination centre confirmed: “A man died yesterday evening at a beach in Fuengirola.

"Emergency responders received the first of several calls around 9.10pm, saying a man was drowning in the sea off Fuengirola’s seafront.

"According to the callers he was about 60 metres out and was having difficulties getting out of the water. National and local police were mobilised along with coastguards and paramedics.

"Two members of the public were able to get the man out of the water but despite the efforts of the emergency responders to save his life, there was nothing they could do to revive him. He was pronounced dead on the beach before he could be taken to hospital.”