A Cunu­pia teenag­er, who ac­com­pa­nied two friends to Mara­cas Beach for an un­planned sea bath, trag­i­cal­ly drowned ten min­utes af­ter en­ter­ing the wa­ter.

Christo­pher Chin, 18, of War­ren Road, Cunu­pia, agreed to the im­promp­tu lime with the two girls, aged 19 and 23, as part of a quick “get­away.” The women, both of whom live at Munroe Road, Cunu­pia, re­port­ed­ly ar­rived at the beach around 1.30 pm with Chin.

Chin and the 19-year-old woman re­port­ed­ly en­tered the wa­ter around 1.45 pm.

It was claimed that ten min­utes lat­er, Chin got in­to dif­fi­cul­ty in the wa­ter and the woman shout­ed for help.

Two sea-bathers who were near­by, as well as three life­guards, en­tered the wa­ter and re­trieved Chin.

The life­guards per­formed CPR as they wait­ed for the Emer­gency Health Ser­vices to ar­rive.

Chin was tak­en to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he was pro­nounced dead at 3.49 pm.

—Sto­ries by An­na-Lisa Paul