27/07/2021

Man Dies In Incident At Ballintoy Harbour

A man has died after getting into trouble while swimming at Ballintoy Harbour in County Antrim.

Emergency services were called to the Harbour on Monday evening, 26 July, with Coastguard teams from Coleraine and Ballycastle being joined by the Kilkeel lifeboat, a Coastguard helicopter from Scotland, the police and the ambulance service.

The man was recovered from the water but was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out, but the PSNI have said that they are not treating the death as suspicious.

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