Woman dies on UK beach after paramedics attempt CPR

Multiple emergency services rushed to the scene west of Bournemouth Pier and attended to a woman, who needed medical assistance.

Shortly after 5.30pm on Sunday, May 14, two ambulances, two ambulance cars, around five police cars, the RNLI and HM Coastguard from Southbourne were at the scene.

Emergency services at the scene (Image: Daily Echo)

The woman, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene after witnesses saw paramedics attempt CPR on her.

A spokeswoman for Dorset Police said: “We received a report at 5.34pm on Sunday, May 14, of a woman requiring medical assistance on the West Undercliff promenade in Bournemouth.

“Officers attended with the ambulance service.

"Very sadly, the woman, aged in her 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner has been notified.

"Our thoughts are with the woman’s family at this difficult time.”

Emergency services work together (Image: Daily Echo)

A spokesman for the RNLI said: “RNLI Lifeguards were contacted at approximately 5.30pm to go to the aid of a woman on the west side of Bournemouth Pier.

“A member of the public had found the woman and raised the alarm for an ambulance. HM Coastguard and police were also tasked.

“Once on the scene, the lifeguards administered casualty care until the ambulance arrived before transferring her into the care of paramedics.”

Emergency services at the beach (Image: Daily Echo)

A spokesman for the South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 17.26pm on May 14 to an incident in the Bournemouth area. “We sent two double-crew land ambulances, an operations officer and a critical care car.”