Shaw's Cove Death

[Chris L]

From the Pasadena Star-News:

Altadena man dies in diving accident
Posted: 07/19/2010 07:43:42 PM PDT

A 43-year-old Altadena man died during a diving accident at Shaw's Cove on Monday.

Lifeguards, firefighters and police responded to a call of a diver in distress about 12:50 p.m. today, according to police Laguna Beach police Sgt. Louise Callus.

Lifeguards got the man to shore where emergency workers were unable to revive him, Callus said.

Investigators have not determined what caused the man's death, Callus said. The man had a "dive buddy" in the water with him, according to Callus.

Authorities have not released the man's name because his family has not been contacted.

- From wire reports

 

[drbill]

Read about this earlier this morning via OC Diving News. Sad to hear but will wait patiently for more details as the family needs to hear this from the authorities, not read about it first in the news or on a web site.

 

[Tunaman68]

Now the OC register is reporting that he started having trouble on his surface swim out.

Diver who died never went under water | water, montague, beach - News - The Orange County Register

Sympathies to his family.

 

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[Mike Boswell]

From the URL provided by Tunaman 68:

Quote:

Diver who died never went under water

By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ

LAGUNA BEACH – A man who died as he was going out diving in Shaw's Cove Monday began struggling in the water before he went under the water, authorities said.

Mark Montague, a computer science engineer from Altadena, died while he and a friend were about to go diving, said Lt. Jason Kravetz of the Laguna Beach Police Department.

"This was probably not a dive-related drowning," said Chief of Marine Safety Kevin Snow.

A graduate of CalTech, Montague posted his resume in an online webpage where he listed scuba diving, along with hiking, backpacking, skiing, running and mechanics among his interests.

Montague and his diving partner swam out about 100 yards into the water before the incident took place, Snow said.

Before the two began diving, 43-year-old man told his partner he was having trouble with the equipment and the two headed back toward the shore, Kravetz said.

While swimming back, Montague began struggling in the water, officials said.

Lifeguards jumped in the water to help pull him out, and police and paramedics also responded to the beach. Four lifeguards helped pull Montague out of the water and performed CPR before paramedics arrived.

Montague was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later.

Snow said officials inspected Montague's equipment and found that it was in good working condition.

Officials are waiting for autopsy results to determine if a pre-existing health condition may have played a factor in the death.

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[Hatul]

Anyone know the final report on this incident?