Scot tourist fatality in Canaries

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Hols dad dies on dive after ?heart attack? in water | The Sun |Scottish News

A SCOT has died in a horror diving accident while on holiday with his family. William Clephane, 59, got into difficulties as he swam off the island of Lanzarote.
He was rescued but paramedics were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead on the quayside. William, of Scone, near Perth, was swimming with an instructor and four other tourists at the Puerto del Carmen resort when Saturday’s tragedy happened.
A post-mortem has taken place — but the results have not yet been made public.
However local reports suggest he had a heart attack in the water. A police source said: “Initial inquiries point to him dying as the result of a tragic accident.
“It appears he became nervous and was waving his arms around and swallowed water. He was on holiday with his family.”
Last night relatives were too upset to speak about the tragedy.
His son, who asked not to be named, said: “All I can say is that my dad has been on diving holidays and is an experienced diver.
“He has passed away but we don’t know the proper circumstances.”
The trip was run by Safari Diving, which is owned by ex-pat Britons Steve and Wendy Hicks.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We’re providing consular assistance.”

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More info here, some confusing: William Clephane: Former British paratrooper dies on scuba diving course in Lanzarote | Mail Online

A Scottish holidaymaker has died after suffering a suspected heart attack while scuba diving in Lanzarote.

Former paratrooper William Clephane was on a scuba diving course when he got into difficulties while submerged under water and had to be pulled from the sea.

Paramedics fought to save the 59-year-old, who was on holiday with his family at the resort of Puerto del Carmen, but they could not revive him and he was pronounced dead at the quayside.

A Spanish police source said: ‘The initial inquiries all point to him dying as the result of a tragic accident. It appears he became nervous and was waving his arms around and swallowed water.’

Mr Clephane, from Scone, Perthshire, was diving with four other tourists and an instructor when he got into difficulties.

The tragedy happened on Saturday around 10.30am during a ‘discover diving’ course with British-run centre Safari Diving.

A spokesman for the centre said Mr Clephane was not a novice and had completed several dives. He refused to comment further until it became more clear what had happened.

Relatives were being comforted by friends at Mr Clephane's home.

William’s son, who did not give his name, told the Mirror: 'We don’t know exactly what happened yet and we are waiting to find out the results. It’s still very fresh.

'We know he was diving when it happened.'

An investigating judge in Spain has been put in charge of a routine inquiry into Mr Clephane’s death.

A post-mortem examination took place over the weekend but the preliminary results have not been made public.

At Mr Clephane’s home in Scone yesterday, a man who confirmed he was the dead man’s son said the family was still coming to terms with the tragedy.

The man, who did not want to be named, added: ‘We don’t know exactly what happened yet and we are waiting to find out the results.’