Cayman Islands Fatality

[DandyDon]

From cayCompass.com :: Man dies after diving

Police have launched an investigation into the death of a 68-year-old diver who died while returning to shore on a boat Monday morning.

According to police, they were alerted around 10.40am, Monday, 23 January that the man had lost consciousness on a private boat as it made its way to the Lobster Pot dock in George Town.

“It appears that the man had been diving with some friends and, a short time after getting back on board the boat, he collapsed and lost consciousness,” a police press release stated.

Once the boat arrived at the dock, the man, a Cayman Islands resident from West Bay, was taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police said inquiries into the death are ongoing.