Georgia diver collapses dead - Juno Beach, Florida

[DandyDon]

Diver dies after collapsing on charter boat near Juno Beach

JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- Detectives from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) Violent Crimes Division are investigating the death of a diver on Friday off Juno Beach.

At 2:40 p.m. on Friday, a charter boat captain from Jupiter Dive Center requested assistance from the Coast Guard regarding a diver in distress.

FWC officers responded and the unresponsive man was placed on their boat and transported to St. Mary's Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.

The man was identified as 43-year-old James Lignon of Kennesaw, Georgia.

According to PBSO, detectives learned that Ligon did not indicate any signs of distress when he surfaced from the water.

He swam back to the boat, climbed up the ladder and stepped onto the boat. Witnesses told detectives that he then stood up and collapsed, striking his head on the deck floor.

 

[Jack Hammer]

Odd

 

[chillyinCanada]

One must wonder if it was the blow to the head that did him in.

Quite young but could still have had a heart attack.

The way the article reads, it's almost as if he fainted getting up too fast.

Yes, odd

 

[Diver below 83]

Why the violent crimes division?

 

[Marie13]

Why the violent crimes division?

Sometimes the cops get involved with any unexplained death, depending on jurisdiction. Happened in Milwaukee when a married couple died on a 300ft wreck dive on Lake Michigan in early July.

 

[Compressor]

Need an autopsy (+ toxicology) to figure out what happened to this poor man.

 

[DandyDon]

Why the violent crimes division?

Sometimes the cops get involved with any unexplained death, depending on jurisdiction. Happened in Milwaukee when a married couple died on a 300ft wreck dive on Lake Michigan in early July.

And that division might draw the case only because other divisions are busier.

 

[Rollin Bonz]

I think this is a regular at "my" quarry and a previous buddy on several dives... F***

 

[aviator8]

I think this is a regular at "my" quarry and a previous buddy on several dives... F***

sorry to hear that. I hope that they can figure out what happened?

 

[Johnoly]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and also the JDC crew members. They train, train & train every month for 1st responder duties. I dive their boats regularly and watched them train not only with O2 kits, back boards, by-the-book procedures, and even AED's on each boat. One of the best prep'd & trained dive crews in SE Florida. And it's just as hard on the crew as the family.