Man dies in bid to rescue son

A 60-YEAR-OLD man died while trying to rescue his son after he was swept into the sea, police said last night.

The men had been fishing on a Cornish beach when the 27-year-old son was swept into the sea yesterday morning.

But as his father tried to pull him to safety with a lifebelt, he too was pulled in. Both men were pulled from the water by coastguards about half an hour later but the father had died.

Devon and Cornwall Police said the men, who are both from Cornwall, were visiting family in the area and had been fishing at Tregardock beach near Delabole.

The force said they were alerted by the coastguard.