NAGS HEAD, North Carolina (12 July 2004) -- A 51-year-old diver apparently drowned Sunday while scuba diving on the 'Huron' shipwreck located off Nag's Head Virginia. Louis W. Turley, 51, of Bowling Green, Kentucky was shore diving with two other divers including a divemaster. On Sunday morning, the dive group did a 200-yard surface swim from the beach and descended to the wreck, which is only 15 - 20 feet deep. The divemaster reported losing contact with Turley at about 10:45am. After searching for the missing diver at depth, the divemaster ascended, deployed an emergency float, checked the surface and found the missing diver who was unconscious but supported by a surfer in the area. | | Efforts by the divemaster and lifeguards to resuscitate the victim in the water and on the beach failed. Hurley, a professor at Western Kentucky University, was pronounced dead at The Outer Banks Hospital at 11:58 am. The accident is under investigation and an autopsy will be conducted at the State Medical Examiner's office in Greenville. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
