British woman dies in Hurghada banana boat accident - TravelMole


British woman dies in Hurghada banana boat accident

Tuesday, 03 Sep, 2018 0

A British woman travelling with Thomas Cook has died in a banana boat accident in Egypt.

Janice Bowles, 58, from Bristol, was on a family holiday in Hurghada when the accident happened on August 28.

According to reports, she died after being flipped from the boat and becoming trapped underneath.

Relatives have set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise £1,000 to pay for her funeral. So far, it has reached £465.

Thomas Cook has stopped selling the boat excursion following the accident and the Foreign Office said it is assisting her family.

Thomas Cook said: "We can confirm that one of our customers sadly died last week while on an excursion in Egypt.

"We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family, and our welfare team continue to do all they can to support them at this time.

"We are urgently investigating what happened."

The accident occured in the same resort where investigations are taking place into the deaths of travel agent Susan Cooper and her husband John two weeks ago.

 



 

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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.



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