Briton, 33, drowns after suffering foot cramp in Austrian lake
The Briton had been swimming with a 36-year-old woman in a lake in the Schwarzindien beach area of Mondsee in Austria.
Thursday 8 August 2019 15:20, UK
A British man has drowned in Austria after suffering foot cramp while swimming in a lake, police said.
The 33-year-old was in the water in the Schwarzindien beach area of Mondsee, less than 20 miles east of Salzburg, on Wednesday when the incident took place.
Officers said the man was with a 36-year-old woman, also from England, when he complained of the pain and went below the surface.
"When he did not come back to the surface of the water, she screamed for help", police said.
Other bathers tried to help but the man's body was recovered at around 4.30pm local time, officers said.
A spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said: "We are providing assistance to the family of a British man who has died in Mondsee, Austria, and are in contact with the Austrian authorities."