A MAN in his 60s has died in hospital after his attempts to rescue his dog from the water just off Dunderhole Point, Tintagel, on Tuesday, September 27 failed.

At approximately 12.30pm, the UK Coastguard received a 999 call reporting that a man had gotten into difficulty in water near Dunderhole Point.

He was winched to safety and flown to the Royal Cornwall hospital, Treliske, but doctors were unable to save him. He was pronounced deceased.

A spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: “The Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Newquay, the Port Issac RNLI Inshore lifeboat and the Boscastle and Polzeath Coastguard Rescue Teams were sent to the scene, along with Devon and Cornwall Police and the Air Ambulance. Sadly the man was later declared deceased.”

It was suspected that the man, who was on his holidays, had gotten into difficulty whilst attempting to save his dog.

The dog was later rescued by the Port Isaac RNLI lifeboat crew and taken back to shore.

Police joined the Coastguard and lifeboat crews at the scene.

A spokesperson from Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Coastguard and police attended as did the air ambulance, who took the man to Treliske Hospital.

“The man was from Warwickshire and his next of kin have been informed; a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

The man is the ninth person this year to have lost their lives off the Cornish coast.