Friday January 12, 2007
KOTA KINABALU: A Russian tourist drowned while swimming at Karambunai near here Friday.
The man, Boris Puchkov, 59, had gone for a swim at about 10am and after a while, a lifeguard at a nearby resort noticed him struggling in the water.
The lifeguard rushed into the water, pulled Puchkov to the shore and administered first aid.
Puchkov was rushed to the Sabah Medical Centre and arrived there at about 11.10am. He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later. The body was later sent to the Queen Elizabeth hospital here for a post mortem.
Kota Kinabalu district police chief Asst Comm Ku Chin Wah confirmed the incident.
The incident comes just four days after a boat carrying 11 people, including seven tourists, capsized in rough seas near Sandakan, leaving one local dead.
Source: The Star
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