North Sea Fatality

[DandyDon]

Diver dies in hospital - Daily Record

THE man who was in his fifties had left from Eyemouth with a group of divers who later contacted the coastguard 26 miles from Fife.

A DIVER has died in hospital after getting into difficulties off the east coast.The man, in his fifties, left from Eyemouth in the Borders yesterday with a group of divers who later contacted the coastguard 26 miles east of Crail, Fife.A helicopter from RAF Boulmer and lifeboat crews from Dunbar and Anstruther were involved in the rescue.He was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where he died.A police spokesman said: "Lothian and Borders Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in his fifties after he took ill during a diving trip which set off from Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders. The man was taken to Ninewells Hospital, Dundee after members of his group raised the alarm at around 2.30pm on Sunday 19 August."However, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he later passed away. Inquiries are ongoing into the full circumstances surrounding this death."
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[tempoffroad]

Was this a diving accident or were they headed to the dive site? The way that article was worded I couldn't tell.

 

[thirtyfivefox]

He could have just as easily had a heart attack on the boat. It doesn't actually sound like a dive accident? This article doesn't really provide much.

 

[graham_s]

The article is from the Daily Record.
I wouldn't trust them if they said the sun was going to come up tomorrow.