Couple drown on South Africa honeymoon,6 days after wedding (Photos)

A young couple have died in a tragic honeymoon accident in South Africa six days after exchanging their wedding vows.

Lynette 26 and John Rodgers ,28 drowned on Friday after getting caught in a rip tide while swimming at Plettenberg Bay.

According to Daily Mirror,Members of the National Sea Rescue Initiative attempted to resuscitate the couple after they were discovered washed up on the beach, but they were declared dead by a NSRI team doctor.

Lynette, 26, an NHS physiotherapist, from Holywood, Co Down, was swimming with her husband John, 28, from Ballygowan, Co Antrim, when tragedy struck on Robberg Beach.

 They got caught in a rip tide while they were swimming at Plett Bay.They were both healthy, both decent swimmers and both very physically fit but the tide was just too much for them.