A scuba diver has died after struggling a medical emergency throughout an evening dive in Puget Sound at Redondo Seaside in Des Moines, Washington.
The diver, who has been recognized as a 67-year-old man, was surfaced and faraway from the water by his two dive buddies at round 9 pm on Monday, 25 August.
The 2 divers had been taken to hospital for remark for attainable decompression sickness after making a fast ascent whereas helping their buddy.
Redondo Park is located within the south of Puget Sound, a well-liked spot with native divers the place sixgill sharks are often noticed.
Rumours circulating on social media shortly after the medical emergency was reported claimed that the diver’s demise might have been attributable to electrocution after {an electrical} hearth brought about an influence outage at across the similar time.
Native authorities dismissed the rumours, nonetheless, saying the 2 incidents had been unrelated.
‘Throughout an evening dive, one of many individuals skilled a medical emergency at depth and was shortly delivered to the floor,’ Captain Brad Chaney of South King Fireplace & Rescue advised The Waterland Weblog.
‘The affected person was then swam again to shore, the place our firefighters met them. Crews took over and carried out a number of rounds of CPR, however sadly, the affected person was pronounced lifeless on the scene.’
‘To make clear some misinformation on social media, statements had been made that this was a attainable electrocution,’ Chaney continued.
‘The realm was experiencing an influence outage on the time of the incident. There was {an electrical} hearth incident simply earlier than the CPR incident at 8:53 pm that almost certainly brought about the ability outage.’
The Des Moines Police Division has opened an investigation into the incident.
