British father dies while celebrating daughter’s birthday with hike in Ella
By Perkin Amalaraj
LONDON – A British man has tragically died while celebrating his daughter’s 34th birthday with a hike up a Sri Lankan mountain.
The Briton, 63, died while hiking up Ella Rock, in the south of the country, on October 25 with his daughter.
Upon reaching the summit of the mountain, he suddenly collapsed.
Though he was transported to the nearby Bandarawela Hospital, he could not be revived.
A post-mortem revealed he had suffered a heart attack following the hike.
The pair had arrived in Sri Lanka on October 16, exploring the coastal town of Weligama before making their way to Ella and staying in a local hotel.
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told the Daily Mail: ‘We are supporting the family of a man who has died in Sri Lanka.’
It comes just a few months after a young British fashion and travel influencer on the ‘holiday of a lifetime’ in Sri Lanka suddenly collapsed and died after a mystery illness swept through the backpackers hostel where she was staying.
Ebony McIntosh, 24, from Derby, was just four days into her dream trip to the tropical island when she was rushed to hospital along with other guests where they were treated for vomiting, nausea and difficulties with breathing.
But tragically, within hours of arriving at the hospita,l Ebony passed away. The backpacker had only left the UK for Sri Lanka on January 28, and it was her first stop on a tour of South Asi,a having spent months planning and researching the trip.
Ebony’s younger sister India, posted a moving tribute to her on social media, writing: ‘To my Ebony, my beautiful sister, thank you, thank you for being my older sister, one better than I could’ve ever asked for.’
She added: ‘I want you home now tho sis pls come back! It would only be you that would go out living your best life in sri lanka…I am truly heartbroken, I can’t believe I am writing this, it feels like some nightmare I haven’t woken up from yet, we will get justice for you, you had so much life left to live.’
She ends her post by saying: ‘my heart aches I need you here, we all need you. Lets get you home ebony.’
-dailymail.co.uk
The Briton, 63, died while hiking up Ella Rock, in the south of the country, on October 25 with his daughter – dailymail.co.uk/File
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