See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:22 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 16:33 BST, 28 August 2026
A British teenager has drowned in a Swiss lake after trying to swim from an island to shore during a family holiday. The 17-year-old was visiting Lake Cauma near Flims, in the east of Switzerland, with his family on Thursday evening. He got into difficulty at around 5.45pm local time while trying to swim to shore from an island that sits in the middle of the lake. Several people began rushing to his aid in canoes, bringing him to shore. There, paramedics who happened to already be at the lake began trying to revive him. He was then transported to Chur Cantonal Hospital, where he died that evening.Local police are now trying to determine the exact circumstances leading up to his death. In May, an NHS doctor died on a cycling holiday with colleagues in Switzerland after 'falling at speed' from her bike. The unnamed Briton, 17, was visiting Lake Cauma (pictured) near Flims, in the east of Switzerland, with his family on Thursday eveningDr Anannya Kar, 51, died from her injuries two days after the crash near Bern, leaving an 'incredible hole' in the lives of her loved ones.Her husband, Dr Partha Kar, rushed to her from their home on the south coast after receiving a phone call telling him that she had fallen, and was with her when she died.The consultant gynaecologist used to cycle every day at home in the UK, and was working at Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset when the accident happened on May 24.Partha, 52, said: 'She had a big passion for cycling - she had been recently to Italy (to cycle).'She had also gone to Switzerland, Lucerne, Bern, that's where she had gone with colleagues.'The diabetes consultant added: 'I think, from what I understand, she fell at speed.'She was airlifted to a hospital in Bern, where he rushed to see her after being told she had been in an accident.Partha said: 'She had fantastic care but they couldn't save her. I flew out after I was told and was there when she died.' The Daily Mail has contacted the UK's foreign office for comment.
