British teenage brother and sister are killed in parasailing horror accident in Rhodes after falling 500ft onto rocks when speedboat rope snapped – as third brother fights for life in hospital
Two British teens have died and a third is fighting for their life after a rope holding their parasailing parachute snapped in high winds.
The siblings, both aged 15, and another, aged 13, were holidaying in Rhodes, Greece, when the incident occurred causing them to fall from an ‘extreme’ height.
‘A 13-year-old girl and a young man of 15 were found dead on the rocks near the city of Lindos in Rhodes,’ the Greek coastguard’s press office said.
The siblings, both aged 15, and another, aged 13, were holidaying in Rhodes, Greece , when the incident occurred causing them to fall from an ‘extreme’ height
The coastguard and firefighters found another 15-year-old with serious injuries in the same area and took him to a hospital in Rhodes.
The three adolescents were hanging onto a parachute pulled by a boat but the rope broke and the wind carried them into the rocks, Greek media reported.
The authorities have opened a probe into the causes of the accident. The boat’s captain and co-captain were being questioned by the police, the coastguard said.