Woman snorkeler dies after throat slashed by windsurfer’s board

Authorities say a Russian woman died after a windsurfer’s board slashed her throat while she was snorkeling off Spain’s Canary Islands.

A local official in Gran Canaria said that the woman had been snorkeling about 25 meters (80 feet) offshore without an obligatory locating buoy.

Nieves Garcia, a town councillor for Santa Lucia de Tirajana, said the Swedish windsurfer’s board smashed into her when she lifted her head.