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Woman dead after diving at Wazee Lake : Jackson County Chronicle
An Illinois woman is dead after scuba diving at Wazee Lake Monday.
Deborah L. Kujbida, 55, of Beach Park, Ill., was pronounced dead at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.
Her death remains under investigation.
Kujbida was unconscious and unresponsive when a member of her diving group brought her to the surface about 1 p.m. Lifesaving efforts also were attempted at the scene, according to the department.
Kujbida was discovered separated from her group when the rest of the divers had come to the surface after participating in deep-water diving at the lake in the town of Brockway, according to the department.
Authorities first were called to help locate her, but a dive team response quickly was cancelled after a member of her group found and brought her to the surface, Sgt. Pat LaBarbera said.
“We’re not really sure at this point what happened,” said LaBarbera, also the department’s public information officer. “Whether she became lost or disoriented — it wasn’t clear why she wasn’t with the rest of the group.
“She may have had a medical condition.”
Authorities were hoping to be able to airlift the victim to La Crosse or Eau Claire hospitals but couldn’t because of poor weather conditions for flying Monday afternoon, LaBarbera said.
“It certainly would have helped (to have med flight available),” he said.
The woman’s death is the first at Wazee Lake since 2010, when two divers died and another was hospitalized after a scuba diving accident. One man died from complications from rapid ascent and the other died of an apparent heart attack.
Four years earlier, an Alma Center man died after attempting to save his son from drowning in the lake. That incident came three weeks after an accidental drowning that claimed the life of a 52-year-old Black River Falls man.
Wazee Lake is the deepest lake in the state at approximately 350 feet and has clear water, which is good for diving.
