SYDNEY, British Columbia (7 Oct 2005) -- One diver has died and another was severely injured after a scuba diving accident off Gooch Island near Sidney. The divers got into trouble diving on the Mackenzie, a Canadian Navy destroyer that was scuttled as an artifical reef by the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia. At about 11:30am, the dive boat crew called for help after the divers surfaced. One was already unconscious and the second diver was having trouble breathing. | | A helicopter was deployed to pick up the injured divers. At Sidney Spit paramedics declared one of the divers dead and transported the second diver to hospital in Vancouver. The scuba diving accident is under investigation by the Sidney RCMP. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
