Salvage diver dies in Lake Shasta - Chico Enterprise Record
Salvage diver dies in Lake Shasta
Redding Record Searchlight
POSTED: 09/09/2013 08:13:09 AM PDT
LAKE SHASTA One of two divers participating in the recovery of an 18-year-old man who drowned Friday also drowned Sunday during the search effort.
Shasta County sheriff's deputies said the man, who was identified as Ken Smith, was a salvage diver.
He died after attempting to free an underwater remote operated vehicle that was brought in Saturday for the search, deputies said.
Deputies have said the underwater vehicle arrived Saturday from the San Francisco Police Department to help in the search for the body of Robinson Sok, 18.
But, sheriff's deputies said the remote-operated vehicle became entangled Saturday, and Smith attempted Sunday to retrieve it.
A sheriff's office dive team member, John Zufall, was stationed in the water as a safety diver during the dive with Smith, deputies said.
Zufall surfaced with the salvage diver, but deputies said, Smith could not be revived and he was later pronounced dead at a Redding area hospital.
Zufall was later flown to Travis Air Force Base and placed in a decompression chamber. His injuries are not considered life threatening.
Emergency dispatchers reported around 10:30 a.m. Friday a possible drowning in the Holiday Harbor area of Lake Shasta.
Lt. Mark Lillibridge said the recovery effort for the 18-year-old Sok was temporarily halted.
Sok drowned after jumping in the lake to help a friend who was struggling in the water.
That friend was saved, but Sok didn't resurface, sheriff's deputies have said.
The lake's depths range from 190 feet to 250 feet in the search area.
Salvage diver dies in Lake Shasta
Redding Record Searchlight
POSTED: 09/09/2013 08:13:09 AM PDT
LAKE SHASTA One of two divers participating in the recovery of an 18-year-old man who drowned Friday also drowned Sunday during the search effort.
Shasta County sheriff's deputies said the man, who was identified as Ken Smith, was a salvage diver.
He died after attempting to free an underwater remote operated vehicle that was brought in Saturday for the search, deputies said.
Deputies have said the underwater vehicle arrived Saturday from the San Francisco Police Department to help in the search for the body of Robinson Sok, 18.
But, sheriff's deputies said the remote-operated vehicle became entangled Saturday, and Smith attempted Sunday to retrieve it.
A sheriff's office dive team member, John Zufall, was stationed in the water as a safety diver during the dive with Smith, deputies said.
Zufall surfaced with the salvage diver, but deputies said, Smith could not be revived and he was later pronounced dead at a Redding area hospital.
Zufall was later flown to Travis Air Force Base and placed in a decompression chamber. His injuries are not considered life threatening.
Emergency dispatchers reported around 10:30 a.m. Friday a possible drowning in the Holiday Harbor area of Lake Shasta.
Lt. Mark Lillibridge said the recovery effort for the 18-year-old Sok was temporarily halted.
Sok drowned after jumping in the lake to help a friend who was struggling in the water.
That friend was saved, but Sok didn't resurface, sheriff's deputies have said.
The lake's depths range from 190 feet to 250 feet in the search area.
