Brit tourist killed in horror surfing accident in India after ‘rough wave crashed him into dune’
A BRITISH tourist has died in a horror surfing accident after a brutal rough wave slammed him into a sand dune.
Roy John Taylor, 55, died at a crowded Varkala Papanasam Beach in India as terrified witnesses say he was left with fatal head and neck injuries after the tragic collision.
One of the lifeguards on duty at the time said: “The person was doing body surfing on the waves when a rough wave swept him and crashed him onto the dune.
“He suffered injuries on the head and neck and we gave him first aid and took him to the hospital.”
According to Indian Police, Taylor was an expert body surfer from London.
The incident happened at around 11.30am on Friday.
Taylor was with a woman at the time of the horrifying ordeal.
Indian Police told local media: “We have completed the inquest and the body has been sent for postmortem at Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.
“From the preliminary investigation, the accident happened because of rough waves while he was body surfing.”
The death has been reported to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), the Indian High Commission and the British Embassy.
It comes as another British tourist tragically drowned in front of his heartbroken wife after being swept away by strong currents when swimming off a beach in India.
The man, 72, died on March 28, at Talpona beach in Canacona, in the western state of Goa.
Police said he was carried away by a strong current after going for a swim with his wife, who had to watch in horror as a lifeguard attempted to revive her husband to no avail.
Both were given CPR, and while his wife was revived, the man was pronounced dead after being transported to a nearby hospital.