On Saturday, November 11, 2017, at a12:30 p.m. “a diver in distress” was reported approximately nine miles off the coast of Long Beach, near oil platform Elly. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Air Rescue 5 assisted Los Angeles County Fire Department by hoisting the diver from the Los Angeles County Fire Department's boat and transporting him to Catalina Island’s Hyperbaric Chamber. His condition is unknown at this time.
The second diver was located this morning, Sunday, November 12. 2017, at 7:40 a.m. by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail deep dive cadre using an underwater remotely operated vehicle. The diver’s body was located and recovered in over two hundred feet depth water near oil platform Elly. He was pronounced dead by the Special Enforcement Detail’s paramedics at 7:50 a.m. The divers’ body was transported to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
There is no further information available at this time.
Authored by:
Jeff Gordon, Deputy
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