A 56-year-old cruise ship passenger died in the area of Coral Gardens in the North Sound.

Shortly before midday yesterday, Wednesday 15^th February 2012, police received a report that a man was unconscious and unresponsive on the water near to Coral Gardens.

The was found floating on the water by people on a boat in Coral Gardens. They lifted the man onto their vessel, but found he was unconscious and unresponsive to CPR.

A spokesman for the RCIPS said: “The Joint Marine Unit’s ‘Tornado’ attended the location and transported the man to the Yacht Club where paramedics were standing-by. He was thereafter transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town, but was found to be dead on arrival.

“Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing and further details will be made available in due course.”