United Kingdom, July 22 -- The Caribbean Guard has shared more details about the circumstances surrounding Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death.

The 54-year-old actor drowned after being caught in a current over the weekend during a family trip to Costa Rica, with the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) declaring his cause of death as "asphyxiation by submersion".

A new Facebook post from the Caribbean Guard confirmed there was no lifeguard on duty at the time of the accident as they had "allocated resources" elsewhere as a result of other "recent water incidents" at two nearby beaches.

The post said: "We deeply regret the passing of Malcom - Jamal Warner, in Playa Grande. He was swept away by a strong hangover current and died by drowning. It...