South Yorkshire dad and daughter who died at popular surfing hotspot are named
Emergency services raced to Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Sunday, July 26
A father and daughter from South Yorkshire who died in a surfing beach tragedy, after he reportedly leapt in to try and save her, have been named.
Emergency services raced to Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Sunday, July 26, after the bodies of a woman and a man were dragged out of the water.
The dad and daughter who both died at the scene have now been officially named by the coroner as John Collins, aged 66, and Samantha Collins, aged 32.
The pair were both from Doncaster and are understood to have been holidaying in the area.
An inquest into their deaths will be opened on Tuesday August 4 and a date for the full hearing will likely be set.