Two British teenagers have been killed and a third critically injured after a rope holding their parasailing parachute snapped. The trio, believed to be from the same family, were found on rocks near Lindos on the island of Rhodes. High winds caused the group to drift towards the rocks after their parachute broke, Greek media reported. There were conflicting reports about the ages and genders of the three. The Greek coastguard’s press office initially reported that it was a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old-boy who had died. However, the PA news agency later quoted the Greek coastguard saying the 13-year-old was male and the 15-year-old was female. The coastguard and fire service found a third British teenager, a 15-year-old boy, on rocks nearby. The coastguard said he had been taken to hospital where he was in a “serious condition with multiple injuries”. Greek news outlets described him as the twin brother of the 15-year-old boy who had died, and other reports suggested the three teenagers were siblings. However, the coastguard told PA that they were in fact two brothers, aged 15 and 13, and their 15-year-old female cousin. The teenagers had arrived in Rhodes a few days ago and were holidaying with parents in a nearby hotel. They were parasailing, a watersport where one or more people are towed behind a boat while attached to a canopy resembling a parachute that lifts them into the air. Water sports in Greece have come under growing scrutiny with regulations being stepped up and sports centres having to be specially certified to operate. Greek news site Ektaktanea reported that current regulations for parasailing in the country state that it is prohibited for three or more people to be towed at the same time. Officials on Rhodes confirmed that both the man driving the speedboat at the time of the tragedy and the owner of the watersports company had been detained and would appear on Thursday before a public prosecutor on the island. It is not the first time a British holidaymaker has been killed in a parasailing incident. In 2011, two men in Turkey were jailed after a father fell to his death when his harness snapped while parasailing. An 18-year-old Russian tourist died in Turkey last year when his parasailing cable broke 200ft (60 metres) above the sea and he landed in a palm tree. A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of two British people following their death in Rhodes, and are in contact with the Greek authorities.”