Man, 42, dies after falling from paddle board in summer holiday tragedy

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A holidaymaker has died after falling from a paddle board and getting tangled in moorings in an estuary. The 42-year-old man was with at least one other person when they fell into the water near the sailing club at Rock Beach, close to Wadebridge in Cornwall.

The male, who was believed to have been visiting the area from his home in Chelmsford, Essex, was pronounced dead at the scene amid a rescue operation.

There was a "flooding tide" in the Camel Estuary and the water was moving "quite quickly" as the pair came off their boards and got tangled in moorings, said James Instance of Falmouth Coastguard.

A local boat tried to rescue the tourist but then got into trouble itself at about 1.30pm on Monday. Mr Instance said: "A couple of people