[ Scubadiving with Empire ] Diver Freak Accident in Florida
Mark Wilson
mark@empirescuba.com
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:47:19 -0700
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Lightning killed a scuba diver on Sunday off =
Deerfield Beach.=20
Investigators said that lightning hit the diver's air tank as he was =
surfacing.
<Named Diver>, 36, of Deerfield Beach, was pulled out of the water by =
other divers on the boat and rushed to shore. <Named Diver> had surfaced =
about 30 feet from the boat when lightning struck his tank, said =
Deerfield Beach Fire Chief.
"We saw the paramedics arrive. There were about three trucks and they =
were trying to resuscitate the man," said Christoper Virtue, who =
witnessed the accident.=20
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<Named Diver> was later pronounced dead at North Broward Medical Center.
The medical examiner is expected to rule later if <Named Diver> died =
from drowning or from electrocution.
A severe thunderstorm warning had been in effect in the area.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Lightning =
killed a scuba=20
diver on Sunday off Deerfield Beach. <BR>Investigators said that =
lightning hit=20
the diver's air tank as he was surfacing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><Named Diver>, 36, of Deerfield =
Beach, was=20
pulled out of the water by other divers on the boat and rushed to shore. =
<Named Diver> had surfaced about 30 feet from the boat when =
lightning=20
struck his tank, said Deerfield Beach Fire Chief.<BR>"We saw the =
paramedics=20
arrive. There were about three trucks and they were trying to =
resuscitate the=20
man," said Christoper Virtue, who witnessed the accident.=20
<BR> <BR><Named Diver> was later pronounced dead at North =
Broward=20
Medical Center.<BR>The medical examiner is expected to rule later if =
<Named=20
Diver> died from drowning or from electrocution.<BR>A severe =
thunderstorm=20
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