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From Diver drowns at Cape resort - Western Cape | IOL News | IOL.co.za
December 11 2011 at 01:31pm
Cape Town - A man has died while diving for crayfish at the Soetwater Resort in Cape Town, the city's emergency services said on Sunday.
The incident was reported to the paramedics around 1pm on Saturday, said spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.
On their arrival on the scene they found Athlone resident Clinton Koopman, 26, had been pulled out of the water by other divers and family members.
When Koopman was removed from the water, he was fully kitted out with his diving equipment such as a wetsuit, hood, gloves, booties, weight belt, fins, mask, snorkel, and a special bag to put the crayfish in, Solomons-Johannes said.
Paramedics took over from those that removed him from the water and continued with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
He was declared dead on the scene around 9pm.
An inquest docket had been opened. - Sapa