Girl dead, boy injured - Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park

[DandyDon]

18 Year-old Missoula Woman Drowns while Diving in Lake McDonald

An 18 year-old Missoula woman drowned in a scuba diving accident on Sunday at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

Spokeswoman Gina Kerzman provides details.

“On Sunday evening on November 1 at around 5:50 p.m. our Glacier National Park Rangers responded to report a scuba diving accident at Lake McDonald and an 18 year old female from Missoula was declared deceased,” said Kerzman. “Resuscitation efforts by members of the diving group and first responders were unsuccessful.”


Kerzman said authorities were able to access the scene quickly thanks to bystanders who drove to a location will cell coverage.

“At the time of the incident, some bystanders drove to Apgar Village to get cell phone signal so they could call 911,” she said. “Alert was first on the scene about 30 minutes after the initial 911 call. A second diver a 22 year old male suffered shortness of breath and was also transported by three rivers ambulance to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was later flown to Seattle Washington for hyperbaric treatment.”

Kerzman said Lake McDonald is a popular spot for divers to see artifacts on the lake’s bottom.

“Lake McDonald is a popular diving site for some scuba diving groups because of the amount of submerged artifacts that are in the lake,” she said. “It's not I wouldn't say is a diving destination, but we definitely have people who are interested in diving the lake so they can see some of the things that have been thrown into the lake over the years prior to the lake McDonald lodge being in possession of the National Park Service.”

The victim’s name is being withheld until her family can be notified.



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[telemonster]

A woman died while scuba diving in a lake at Montana's Glacier National Park - CNN

"(CNN)An 18-year-old woman died in a scuba diving accident at Montana's Glacier National Park on Sunday."

Also from the article:

"Another diver, a 22-year-old man, experienced shortness of breath and was taken to a hospital, the release said. He was later flown to Seattle for hyberbaric oxygen therapy, a treatment for decompression sickness, which is a potential risk of scuba diving."

Bad fills?

 

[Esprise Me]

I think DandyDon beat you to it: Girl dead, boy injured - Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park

 

[Rollin Bonz]

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Girl dead, boy injured - Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park

 

[telemonster]

CRAP! I thought I finally had one on him, you are right. I didn't scroll down far enough (I did check but just saw the NTSB thread and others.)

Mod - you can delete this thread.

 

[Gill]

I came by looking for more info. Nothing yet it seems.

 

[Duke Dive Medicine]

Two threads about the same event have been merged.

 

[Scared Silly]

I like the CNN article showing the entrance to Yellowstone as the lead in for the video. Yeah, I know the video was not specific to this death but it sure seemed odd to have it as the lead.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I just saw it reported on CNN as well.

A woman died while scuba diving in a lake at Montana's Glacier National Park - CNN

18?!! So very sad.

I’ve always thought it would be very cool to dive the lakes at Glacier NP.

 

[Scuba_tacoma]

They guy got sent to the chamber. I have no idea the dive profile at the lake but may interesting that they sent him to a chamber.

If not for the chamber then it would seem like bad air.

It will be interesting to see if this gets investigated and what they find.