The deadliest beach in the US has claimed seven victims in under two weeks as people of all ages drown in treacherous riptides and police accuse swimmers of IGNORING the warnings.
On Tuesday, former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett died aged 35 after drowning in a rip tide 50 miles west of Panama City, in Destin, Florida - after three people drowned in a matter of hours along the Florida city's beaches.
Mallett, who played for the New England Patriots during a seven-year NFL career, was taken from a beach to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead..
