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Canadian man dies at Cape Point
Canadian man dies at Cape Point
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Tammy Petersen
Cape Town - An inquest docket has been opened after a Canadian man died after surfacing from a scuba dive without a pulse at Cape Point on Sunday.
NSRI Simon’s Town station commander Darren Zimmerman in a statement said its rescue crew were activated at 12:15 following reports from a dive centre and scuba diving operator of CPR being conducted on a diver at Smitswinkel Bay.
“CPR efforts were underway on the dive boat and they reported to be heading towards Millers Point,” he said.
Two sea rescue craft were launched and paramedics from Cape Medical Response responded by road, Zimmerman confirmed.
“We rendezvoused with the dive boat half a nautical mile off-shore of Millers Point and NSRI medical crew were put aboard the dive boat. CPR efforts continued and once brought ashore at the Millers Point slip-way paramedics took over with continuing CPR efforts,” he said.
Canadian man dies at Cape Point
Cape Town - An inquest docket has been opened after a Canadian man died after surfacing from a scuba dive without a pulse at Cape Point on Sunday.
NSRI Simon’s Town station commander Darren Zimmerman in a statement said its rescue crew were activated at 12:15 following reports from a dive centre and scuba diving operator of CPR being conducted on a diver at Smitswinkel Bay.
“CPR efforts were underway on the dive boat and they reported to be heading towards Millers Point,” he said.
Two sea rescue craft were launched and paramedics from Cape Medical Response responded by road, Zimmerman confirmed.
“We rendezvoused with the dive boat half a nautical mile off-shore of Millers Point and NSRI medical crew were put aboard the dive boat. CPR efforts continued and once brought ashore at the Millers Point slip-way paramedics took over with continuing CPR efforts,” he said.