UPDATE: Police have identified the elderly man who drowned at Brandons Beach this morning.
He is 80-year-old Keith Evelyn Beckles, of #3 Bluebell Drive, Husbands, St. James.
Meanwhile, a 42-year-old woman lost her life at a St. Peter beach this morning.
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An elderly man lost his life at Brandons Beach this morning.
Communications and Public Affairs Officer of the Barbados Police Service, Inspector Rodney Inniss, confirmed that there was a “reported drowning at Brandon’s Beach about 9:15 a.m. today,” Monday, September 18, 2023.
The victim is said to be an 83-year-old male.
Police are awaiting Coast Guard officials to recover his body and details will follow as they become available.
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