Brit crew member on luxury yacht dies after being ‘electrocuted in engine room’ of vessel moored in Antigua harbour | 1064E03 | 2024-02-27 19:08:01
Brit crew member on luxury yacht dies after being 'electrocuted in engine room' of vessel moored in Antigua harbour | 1064E03 | 2024-02-27 19:08:01
Roy Temme, 47, was found slumped over and unresponsive aboard the posh vessel Baton Rouge moored in a harbour.
A BRITISH man has died after being electrocuted whereas carrying out work on a yacht in Antigua.
Roy Temme, 47, was found slumped over and unresponsive aboard the posh vessel Baton Rouge moored in a harbour.
Temme, who was serving as the Chief Engineer on board the vessel, was confronted with an influence outage while the yacht was anchored off the Caribbean island.
In an try and resolve the difficulty, he ventured into the engine area.
But he was later found unresponsive by a crew member who went to verify on him.
Police and paramedics have been referred to as to the vessel at 8.30am local time on Friday.
Despite their greatest efforts, he was pronounced lifeless on arrival at the hospital.
A spokesman for the Royal Antigua Police Drive stated: "A UK nationwide was helped to the primary deck, whereas the Antigua and Barbuda Search and Rescue-ABSAR was referred to as to the scene.&
"He was transported to the hospital where a physician pronounced him lifeless around 10:19 am."
An area Port official stated officers have been referred to as to studies "of concern for the welfare of a person on board a ship in English Harbour".
The official added: "Instant Action was wanted after establishing that he didn't look properly.
"The paramedics arrived and did their greatest but sadly he died. He was in his 40s."
The Baton Rouge yacht had been in the& harbour since late January.&
Authorities are conducting additional investigations into Temme's demise.
A spokesman from the port authority stated: "We shall be making initial enquiries and will probably be liaising with the authorities to ensure it is an accident as has been thought.
"We can't say too much more at this stage till we full our investigation."
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