Missing diver call ends in fatality - Rhode Island

[DandyDon]

Bristol man, 42, dies after being pulled from water while diving off Rumstick Point - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI

BRISTOL, R.I. — A 42-year-old Bristol man has died after being pulled from the water off of Rumstick Point Friday morning.​

Kenneth Watkinson, 42, was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital at 9:53 a.m., after being rushed there by Bristol rescuers earlier in the morning, according to a news release from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, whose law division is investigating the death.​

The cause of death will be determined by the state Medical Examiner.​

Watkinson was diving with another man who noticed he had failed to surface and called for help at 8:41 a.m.
Units from several communities working with the Narragansett Bay Marine Task force searched the area, eventually located the diver and rushed him to the hospital.​

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[archer1960]

This is only a few miles from me. It will be interesting to see what happened, if they every let the info out.