UK tourist dies after scuba diving accident off Devon coast
A tourist died during ascent after diving on the wreck of the Poulmic off the Devon coast.
Richard Lewis, 57, from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, stopped breathing during a routine safety stop at a depth of five meters.
Other divers among a group of 14 diving with Aquanauts Dive Center pulled Lewis aboard their dive boat where the crew initiated CPR and called for help.
Brixham Coastguard scrambled a RNAS Culdrose helicopter to the scene of the accident and airlifted the unconscious diver to Derriford Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The accident is under investigation by the Coastguard, Devon police and Cornwall police.
Wow. I wonder what went on there? Lung expansion, perhaps? Eesh - poor guy, and his family.