Bell Island fatality - Canada

[DandyDon]

Update: Diver airlifted from vessel off Bell Island has died

The 62-year-old diver, who experienced trouble in Lance Cove, off Bell Island, Sunday morning was declared dead a short time later.

A spokesman for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax says the Cormorant and the inshore rescue boat based in the area responded to a call of an unresponsive diver at about 11 a.m. The chopper landed at the Health Sciences Centre helipad at about 11:40 and transferred the patient to a waiting ambulance to be taken to the hospital









The man’s death is not considered suspicious.









The RCMP is continuing its investigation.









EARLIER STORY









Diver in distress near Bell Island flown to Health Sciences Centre by cormorant helicopter
No information available on condition of victim









A diver who got into trouble in the waters off Bell Island Sunday morning had to be flown by a Search and Rescue cormorant helicopter to the Health Sciences Centre.









A spokesman for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax says the cormorant and the inshore rescue boat based in the area responded to a call of an unresponsive diver at about 11 a.m. The cormorant landed at the Health Sciences Centre helipad at about 11:40 and transferred the patient to a waiting ambulance to be taken to the hospital. The ambulance was followed by a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary vehicle. More details will be released when they become available.

 

[Stoo]

Crap... One of our LDSs is down there now. I was >>this<< close to going when one of their guys had to bail...

 

[cuyler]

A Facebook post indicates that this was due to "natural causes unrelated to diving". Very sad regardless.