A fatal diving accident occurred this Tuesday at the end of the morning in the Locquirec sector in northern Finistère, we learned from the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic. The regional operational center for surveillance and rescue (Cross) of Corsen was alerted a little after 11 am of the presence of a man in cardio-respiratory arrest below the cliff of Beg An Fry.
[# Operation] Death of a freediver in the Locquirec sector (29). @ SAMU_France @SauveteursenMer @Gendarmerie @PompiersFR
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A Samu helicopter and two SNSM boats were immediately mobilized to rescue the freediver. Despite several resuscitation attempts, the victim was declared dead by a Samu doctor at 12:15 p.m. According to Le Télégramme , the man was 68 years old and was participating in a group dive.
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