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| British rugby player-coach drowns after being hit by wave on beach in France | |
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| A British tourist has drowned at a beach in south-west France after a powerful wave struck him on the spine while he was swimming. | A British tourist has drowned at a beach in south-west France after a powerful wave struck him on the spine while he was swimming. |
| The North Midlands Rugby Football Union issued a statement on Facebook about what it described as the tragic, sudden death of Rob Walton, 36, a Rugby Lions player and coach, who was a former lock for Birmingham and Solihull RFC. | The North Midlands Rugby Football Union issued a statement on Facebook about what it described as the tragic, sudden death of Rob Walton, 36, a Rugby Lions player and coach, who was a former lock for Birmingham and Solihull RFC. |
| The father of four had been on holiday with his family at a campsite in Labenne, on the Atlantic coast north of Biarritz. | The father of four had been on holiday with his family at a campsite in Labenne, on the Atlantic coast north of Biarritz. |
| Gendarmes at Mont-de-Marsan said he had been hit on the spine while swimming in the sea and suffered a form of whiplash when he was caught up in a large wave. | Gendarmes at Mont-de-Marsan said he had been hit on the spine while swimming in the sea and suffered a form of whiplash when he was caught up in a large wave. |
| A swimmer at the beach raised the alarm at about 1:45pm on Monday when a body was seen floating in the shallows of an area that was under lifeguard surveillance, according to thenewspaper SudOuest. | A swimmer at the beach raised the alarm at about 1:45pm on Monday when a body was seen floating in the shallows of an area that was under lifeguard surveillance, according to thenewspaper SudOuest. |
| Lifeguards and emergency services tried for nearly an hour to resuscitate Walton, SudOuest said, but he was already in an advanced state of drowning when he was spotted. | Lifeguards and emergency services tried for nearly an hour to resuscitate Walton, SudOuest said, but he was already in an advanced state of drowning when he was spotted. |
| A doctor at the scene told the paper he could have been dragged underwater by a particularly powerful wave. | A doctor at the scene told the paper he could have been dragged underwater by a particularly powerful wave. |