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Diver Dies at Kreidesee in Hemmoor, Second Fatality There This Year

Police suspect a medical emergency during a shallow dive with no indication of foul play.

Overview

  • Rescue teams tried to save the man late Tuesday, but efforts were unsuccessful.
  • The victim and his dive partner were at less than ten meters depth, which police say points to a likely medical event.
  • Police report no sign of third-party involvement and have opened a forensic cause-of-death investigation.
  • Investigators have secured the diver’s equipment as part of the evidence-gathering process.
  • The lake is a heavily visited Northern Europe dive site and this is its second death this year after a 34-year-old Dutch diver died in May following an emergency ascent.