Man, 98, dies after car plummets off 80ft cliff in packed tourist hotspot with families told to take away their children
FAMILIES were asked to remove their kids from a beach while cops recovered the body of a 98-year-old man.
Tragic pensioner Reginald Rees was in a vehicle that plunged off a cliff at a picturesque seaside spot packed with holidaymakers.
Police and coastguard flanked a tractor which pulled wreckage of the veteran’s car, which was found at the bottom of cliffs near stunning Rhossili Bay in South Wales.
The mangled red motor was covered with a tarpaulin.
Onlooker Heather Fenton said: “Police officers went along the beach asking families to distract their kids or remove them from the beach.”
Mr Rees went missing after driving away from his home near Swansea last Wednesday.
On Saturday police said they had found the vehicle around 40 minutes away on the Gower coastline.
Cops removed the vehicle over the weekend.
Although police say formal identification is yet to take place Mr Rees’ family has been informed of the find.
A spokesperson said: “Officers searching for missing 98-year-old Reginald Rees, from Crofty, Swansea, recovered a body at Rhossili Bay at the weekend.”
Mr Rees is believed to have driven around 13 miles from his home in Crofty, Swansea, before going off the cliffs at the beach.
An inquest is expected to open into his death later this month.
Rhossili boasts stunning views along with a picturesque bay was named one of the top 100 beaches in the world by Lonely Planet earlier this year and the best beach in Britain by TripAdvisor.
It is a multi award-winning destination wgucg has a huge expanse of sand at low tide.
Visitors can walk across the bay to Llangennith or onto Worms Head.
It was recently named as the third best beach in Britain behind Camusdarach Beach near the village of Morar, Scotland, and
Bamburgh Beach in Northumberland.