Another Lake Como fatality - Italy

[DandyDon]

Non riemerge dal lago Muore sub di 58 anni - Cronaca - ilgiorno.it

La vittima è Claudio Muratori. Il compagno d’immersione. è riuscito a trascinarlo a riva. ma i soccorsi sono stati vani

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Google translation...

A diver drowned in Lake Como at Moregallo. He is the third in the same area in three months. Yesterday afternoon Claudio Muratori, 58, who lived in Cambiago, lost his life in the waters of the lake in the stretch in front of the western bank of the Lecco branch.

"We were going up to the surface – his partner said in shock – Up to ten meters deep he was behind me, because I could see the light of his torch, then around five meters I lost him". Despite the darkness of the evening and the abyss, he still managed to locate it, reach it and drag it afloat and then weight ashore on a small beach near the Rapa Nui bar. Claudio was probably already dead: he wasn't breathing and his heart wasn't beating anymore.

Areu's doctors with the Calolziocorte rescue volunteers tried to revive him for 25 minutes, then covered him with a white sheet, a clear sign that they hadn't made it. For Claudio Muratori it was the first dive of the new year. It is not clear if he had any problems while surfacing, if something in the equipment rather than in the air mixture did not work or if he suffered an illness which in that situation proved to be fatal.

Muratori is the third diver to die at Moregallo within three months. In fact, Marco Bordoni, Bibbo to his friends, a diver from Cinisello Balsamo, lost his life on 13 November 2022 in the same waters. He was a friend and diving partner of Fabio Livio, a 41-year-old from Tavernerio who died only three weeks before him, in October.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Here it says he was found at a depth of 60 meters:

Sub muore nel lago di Como durante un'immersione: il 58enne Claudio Muratori è la terza vittima in tre mesi al Moregallo

L'uomo era con un compagno che non lo ha visto risalire e ha dato l'allarme. Il suo corpo individuato a 60 metri di profondità nell'area di …

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[uwxplorer]

For some reason, Google translate manages to bypass the Cookie Monster:

Diver dies in Lake Como during a dive: 58-year-old Claudio Muratori is the third victim in three months at Moregallo​

by the Milan editorial staff

Fb photo / Claudio Muratori
The man was with a companion who did not see him come back and raised the alarm. His body identified at a depth of 60 meters in the Mandello del Lario area considered a paradise for divers
04 JANUARY 2023UPDATED AT1:22 PM1 MINUTE READ



A 58-year-old diver died while diving in Lake Como. His name was Claudio Muratori and he was originally from Melzo, in the Milanese area, but lived in Cambiago.
The alarm went off in the late afternoon of yesterday, given by a friend who was with him: the emergency vehicles, the sub group of the firefighters and the carabinieri arrived on the spot. The 58-year-old was identified at a depth of about 60 meters in Moregallo di Mandello del Lario (Lecco) , and brought back to the surface. The 118 medical team ascertained his death, the causes of which are to be clarified: his diving partner explained that he had lost sight of Muratori when they were about five meters deep, already in the ascent phase.
The carabinieri have launched an investigation to clarify the cause of death of the diver. It is the third victim in less than two months in Moregallo, one of the most attractive areas for diving in the waters of Lake Como: 41-year-old Fabio Livio died in October and 54-year-old Marco Bordoni in November.

A different story can be found here: Ancora un sub morto al Moregallo: la vittima aveva 58 anni

translated by Google as:

Another diver died at Moregallo: the victim was 58 years old​

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The drama took place at around 5.45 pm today, Tuesday​

MOREGALLO (Mandello del Lario) - Tragedy in Moregallo in the late afternoon today, around 5.45 pm, where a 58-year-old diver, Claudio Muratori, a resident of the Milan area, lost his life .


From the information gathered on the spot, the man was diving with a friend. During the ascent phase, the diver would have had difficulties with his partner who, realizing what was happening, intervened, bringing the 58-year-old to the surface and immediately raising the alarm.

After alerting the emergency services, the medical staff arrived on site and performed resuscitation maneuvers for about twenty minutes , but unfortunately there was nothing they could do for the diver.
The Fire Brigade also arrived on the spot with a self-medication and ambulance from the Calolzio Volunteers, who took care of the recovery of the man's body by transferring it from the beach to the road, and the Carabinieri to ascertain what happened.

 

[LFMarm]

Any ideas why so many fatalities in this location? I assume zero current and stable diving conditions given it’s a lake. The articles have no details on cause of death nor diving configuration.

 

[Angelo Farina]

I did dive Lake of Como just 2 times. It is horrible. Cold, deep, low visibility, currents, downstream currents. The worse of the worst.
The point is WHY PEOPLE DIVE THERE?
I was FORCED to dive there, because it was the exam for becoming 3-star CMAS instructor, so they stressed us with very challenging situations.
But I really do not see the point for a recreative diver to search for such bad conditions...
They probably just search for depth and for the challenge and adrenalin of doing something dangerous. And the outcome is obvious, you search for danger, you find it, and it kills you.

 

[rongoodman]

How are there currents in a lake?

 

[LFMarm]

I did dive Lake of Como just 2 times. It is horrible. Cold, deep, low visibility, currents, downstream currents. The worse of the worst.
The point is WHY PEOPLE DIVE THERE?
I was FORCED to dive there, because it was the exam for becoming 3-star CMAS instructor, so they stressed us with very challenging situations.
But I really do not see the point for a recreative diver to search for such bad conditions...
They probably just search for depth and for the challenge and adrenalin of doing something dangerous. And the outcome is obvious, you search for danger, you find it, and it kills you.

It doesn't sound like a great place for diving. I assume people living in the area use it for training. Still hard to understand why there are so many fatalities. Are instructors in the area preparing students for those conditions? I would imagine cold water diving in the UK or US Northwest and Northeast is at least as challenging but we do not hear of so many fatalities.

 

[DandyDon]

How are there currents in a lake?

Lake current | Britannica

Other articles where lake current is discussed: lake: Currents: The principal forces acting to initiate water movements in lakes are those due to hydraulic gradients, wind stress, and factors that cause horizontal or vertical density gradients. Lake water movement is usually classified as being...

www.britannica.com

 

[DandyDon]

How are there currents in a lake?

Loch Ness is famous for moving logs across the surface, but then New York lakes have done the same.

 

[rongoodman]

Interesting. I never thought about them being strong enough to affect divers, I guess.