SEAHOUSES, UK (27 Aug 2008) — A scuba diver sustained deep cuts to his head when he struck a stationary boat propeller at the weekend. The man had been scuba diving near the Goldstone at the Farne Islands from the Sovereign III boat when the incident happened after 2pm on Saturday. Seahouses inshore lifeboat took an ambulance crew member, who is also one of Craster lifeboat crew, to the boat where he gave first aid treatment on the journey to the harbour. The scuba diver was then taken by air ambulance to Wansbeck Hospital. An RAF Boulmer helicopter, which had been requested, was stood down. The man, believed to be in his late 30s, was diving with a party from Bradford. Ian Clayton, Seahouses lifeboat operations manager, said: "It is possible that his injury was caused by hitting the vessel's stationary propeller while surfacing from a dive, although this is yet to be confirmed. "The diver's injuries were not as serious as first thought, although he still had some deep lacerations to his head and cuts to his hands." | 
