Woman dies on Bournemouth beach

Multiple emergency services attended a woman in need of medical assistance after she went into cardiac arrest on the beach, west of Bournemouth Pier. 

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

Witnesses saw paramedics attempt CPR on the woman, aged 60, but she was pronounced dead on the scene.

Woman dies on Bournemouth beach (Image: Daily Echo)

A spokeswoman for Dorset Police said: “[We] received a report at 5.34pm on Sunday 14 May 2023 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.  

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“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.” 

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.” 

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.”