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Ocoee man, 56, dies while scuba diving at Blue Spring near Orange City | News-JournalOnline.com
An Ocoee man died while scuba diving at Blue Spring State Park near Orange City on Monday afternoon, a sheriffs spokesman said.
The body of Rhys Dervan, 56, was recovered by a Volusia County Sheriffs Office dive team, spokesman Gary Davidson said.
Dervan and his 16-year-old son were diving together at the park on Monday. The two surfaced together but the father went back down at about 3:30 p.m. for one final dive to an underwater cavern about 120 feet below the surface and never came back up, Davidson said.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were first on the scene and called the Sheriffs Office for help at 4:38 p.m., Davidson said.
The divers responded to the park and entered the water at approximately 6:47 p.m. and found Dervans body shortly after, Davidson said.
The Volusia County Medical Examiners Office will conduct an autopsy to determine what caused Dervans death, Davidson said.