Tourist drowns off Surin Beach

SURIN BEACH: Italian tourist Marisa Tolomelli, 69, drowned while swimming off Surin Beach yesterday afternoon. Mrs Tolomelli and her husband at first went swimming together. The husband then returned to the beach to sunbathe. She disappeared shortly afterwards. Pol Capt Anake Mongkol of the Cherng Talay Police Station told the Gazette that witnesses said Mrs Tolomelli had been missing for 10 to 20 minutes before she resurfaced. When the police arrived on the scene they found Mrs Tolomelli lying on the beach and a tourist trying to resuscitate her. Police determined that she was already dead.