Probe launched after three tourists die at Sandals hotel in Bahamas

THREE AMERICAN tourists – two men and a woman – died yesterday at the Sandals Emerald Bay luxury resort in Exuma, The Bahamas.

Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said that while the cause of deaths remained unknown, no foul play was suspected.

Another American woman was airlifted to a hospital in Nassau, said Cooper, who is also the tourism minister.

“I have been briefed by the commissioner of police and the resort’s executive management on the matter,” Cooper, who is the acting prime minister, said in a statement.

“I have asked Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville to lead a delegation this evening to Exuma of health and wellness, environment and public works officials. The public will be kept abreast of information as soon as it becomes available,” he added.