Sailor dies after injury onboard yacht off island

News imageIsland Echo Three police vehicles parked at the side of a road with masts of numerous yachts seen beyond.Island Echo
The yacht has been brought into Yarmouth harbour

A sailor who suffered an injury while onboard a yacht off the Isle of Wight has died.

The man, aged in his 70s, was sailing in the Solent on a New Zealand-registered pleasure yacht.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said inquiries were ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding his death.

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch said it had sent a team to the island to conduct a preliminary assessment.