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Inured diver is airlifted
Aug 24 2008 by Robert Weatherall, Sunday Sun
A DIVER had to be flown to hospital after suffering serious injuries off the Northumberland coast.
The man, in his late 30s, is believed to have suffered the injuries while surfacing.
It is thought he struck the propeller of the dive boat. The accident happened at a popular diving spot just off the Farne Islands yesterday afternoon.
Fellow divers called the emergency services and a RNLI lifeboat crew treated the man for serious cuts to his head.
The diver was taken ashore by lifeboat and transferred to the air ambulance, which flew him to Wansbeck General Hospital.
Ian Clayton, of Seahouses lifeboat station, said: “The man had deep cuts to his head and some on his hands, there was a lot of blood. The cuts were consistent with having been hit by the stationary propeller as he was resurfacing.”
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