Just after 8:30AM on Thursday 8 February, police and other emergency services were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communication Centre to the Red Bay Dock on South Sound Road, where it was reported that a man was taken from a diving boat after experiencing difficulties while diving. CPR was being administered at the location while emergency personnel were enroute.
Emergency Medical Services and Cayman Islands Fire Service personnel attended the location and CPR was taken over by the paramedics and fire officers. The man was transported to the hospital by ambulance where he was then pronounced deceased.
The circumstances of this incident are being investigated by the police.