An elderly man tragically drowned while swimming at Lung Mei Beach in Hong Kong on Thursday morning. Despite rescue efforts, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police are investigating the incident.

An elderly man drowned while swimming at Lung Mei Beach in Hong Kong’s Tai Po on Thursday morning. Police said they received a report at 7.25am of a swimmer struggling to stay afloat. Officers rescued the man about 100 metres from shore. He was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead. Police retrieved a backpack believed to belong to the man from a locker at the beach. Lifeguard services at the public beach operate from 9am to 6pm between April and....