Woman dies after swimming at Plymouth beauty spot

Woman dies after swimming at Plymouth beauty spot Devon and Cornwall Police were called at around 4.50pm on Saturday, July 11, following a report of a woman suffering a medical episode after swimming at Devil’s Point A woman has died after she went swimming in the sea near Plymouth. Cops said the woman got into medical trouble after swimming at Devil’s Point in Plymouth, located on the eastern side of the mouth of the River Tamar where it meets the English Channel. Devon and Cornwall Police were called at around 4.50pm on Saturday, July 11, following a report of a woman suffering a medical episode after going for a swim. Two ground ambulances and an air ambulance attended the scene but despite the best efforts of medics the local woman, who was in her 60s, was pronounced dead. The force said the death is not being treated as suspicious and her next of kin have been made aware. A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “We were called at around 4.50pm on Saturday, July 11, following a report of a woman suffering a medical episode after swimming at Devil's Point, Plymouth. “Emergency services attended but sadly the local woman in her 60s was pronounced deceased. “Her next of kin is aware. “The death is not being treated as suspicious.” A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 16:34hrs on Saturday, July 11, to an incident in Plymouth. "We sent two double-crewed land ambulances, an air ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene.”