Scuba diver drowns near Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia

[Joepaydart]

From the CBC Nova Scotia Website:

A man in his late 50s died after being pulled from the water a few kilometres from Peggys Cove while scuba diving Sunday evening.
RCMP Cpl. Scott MacRae said the emergency call came in around 6:15 p.m. that a diver was unresponsive in the 4900 block of Prospect Road in the community of Bayside, N.S.
MacRae said another man pulled the scuba diver from the water.
MacRae said the investigation into the man's death is still in its early stages but the man is presumed to have drowned.
He said the medical examiner will rule on the official cause of death.

Scuba diver dies, presumed drowned, near Peggys Cove - Nova Scotia - CBC News

 

[mattcassell]

There are early reports that it was his son who pulled him from the water. The police haven't confirmed it but they did confirm it was a relative.

Scuba diver dies in drowning | The Chronicle Herald

 

[brnt999]

A scuba diver in his 50s died Sunday after being pulled out of the water near Blind Bay.Halifax RCMP said in a news release later Sunday that the 58-year-old man drowned.
Another man pulled the victim from the water shortly before emergency crews were called at 6:15 p.m., Cpl. Scott MacRae said. Emergency Health Services staff pronounced the man dead shortly after they arrived.
MacRae couldn’t say whether he was pulled from freshwater or the ocean. The Mounties, paramedics and fire crews were called to the 4900 block of Prospect Road, an area that includes both Blind Bay and Welsh Lake.
There were reports that the victim’s son had tried to rescue him. Police said in the release that a relative pulled the man to shore.

 

[nadwidny]

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