BY FESTUS AHON

UGHELLI—TRAGEDY struck at Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, on Boxing Day as a young man of about 20 years drowned in a beach in the community.

The deceased, it was gathered, had gone to swim with some of his friends in the beach in the spirit of the yuletide.

A source who helped to fished out the body of the deceased, told newsmen that he had gone to the beach to cool off, adding that as he was swimming to the shore about 5.55pm when his leg stepped on a human lifeless body.

The source who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he raised an alarm before he dragged the body out of the river.

He said attempts to resuscitate the deceased did not yield result as the body had been underneath the water for too long.

Efforts to contact the beach resort management for comments proved abortive at press time but  a regular caller at the resort told newsmen that it was difficult for the resort management to keep an eye on every swimmer due to the large turnout of visitors to the resort on a daily basis.