HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – A man was pronounced dead at the hospital after going missing while diving at the Pennyroyal Scuba Center in Hopkinsville.
Responders were notified that the diver was missing on Sunday afternoon. After a quick response from Hopkinsville EMS and Christian County Emergency Management, crews arrived to find the man had been located and removed from the 22-acre quarry by scuba center personnel. CPR was attempted, but first responders found the diver unconscious and without a pulse.
The man was transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center where further attempts to resuscitate him were not successful. Payton Rogers with Hopkinsville EMS said the man was an experienced diver from Evansville, Indiana and was his 70s.
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