Waterford coast fatality - Ireland

[DandyDon]

The article seems faulty referring to the both scuba and snorkel divers, but it seems to be a scuba accident.

Post mortem due on diver who died off coast of Waterford

A post mortem will be carried out on the body of a man who died in a scuba diving accident yesterday evening.

The incident happened shortly before 6pm when two snorkelers got into difficulty in Ardmore in County Waterford.

Emergency services were alerted, and crew from the Coast Guard Rescue helicopter airlifted the men to safety.

One of the men, a man in his late 30s, was transferred to Waterford University Hospital where he later died.

The other man was uninjured.

A post mortem is expected to take place later this morning.

 

[Tzymische]

Actually - no one around is sure if it was sad snorkelling or scuba accident.
Checked around and no one from local scuba community seems to know if it was scuba - checked with CFT (our main local organisation) technical committee and they arent sure who and during what activity it was.
Still sad but unsure - however, there was an scuba accident in late May - which (unofficially but from reliable source ) was a heart attack - we knew Marty well (As a club), every time we've been diving in Killary he would be around chatting, helping.

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[iamrushman]

sorry to hear such sad news....