[MEYERTON – 25 JANUARY 2012 AT 20H30]
A recreational diver believed to be in his 20’s got into difficulty while diving at the Henley On Klip Bass Lake near to Meyerton this evening.
ER24 paramedics were alerted by fellow divers at the scene of a man that had gotten into difficulty and was not breathing. They had started CPR to try and save his life. Paramedics arrived on the scene and found the dive team still doing CPR, which paramedics commenced on doing.
After a long battle by the emergency personnel and other divers, the man unfortunately was declared deceased on the scene.
The circumstances to the man getting himself into difficulty are not clear but the local authorities were notified and would investigate the incident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24
