Overview
- A French man aged 73 died while scuba diving near the Far de s’Arenella lighthouse in the bay of Port de la Selva on the Cap de Creus coast.
- A companion noticed the diver sinking underwater, brought him to shore, and called Spain’s 112 emergency line.
- Municipal medics and a SEM helicopter team performed about 30 minutes of CPR, and the death was certified around 1 p.m.
- Local police secured the area before the Guardia Civil’s judicial police took charge of the investigation.
- Forensic doctors at the Girona Institute of Legal Medicine will conduct an autopsy to confirm the cause of death, and the GEAS diving unit is reviewing the circumstances.