SCUBA DIVER FIGHTING FOR LIFE AFTER MAN DIED DURING DIVE IN QUEENSLAND
- Diver fighting for life after being rescued at remote beach in NSW
- Another man, 54, died during dive expedition near Cooloola, QLD
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A scuba diver is fighting for life after being pulled from waters at a remote beach just hours after another man died during a dive expedition in Queensland.
Bystanders at Flint and Steel Beach at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, north of Sydney, performed CPR on the man and called triple-zero, triggering an extensive and complex emergency response just after 2pm on Saturday.
NSW Ambulance crews, the Westpac rescue helicopter, Rural Fire, Fire and Rescue and NSW Police crews raced to the scene to assist.
The man, aged in his 40s, was put onto a Rural Fire Service boat and transported to a port, where he was rushed to Northern Beaches Hospital in a critical condition.
A NSWFR spokesman said firefighters attended, including a specialist rescue team.
It comes after a 54-year-old Gold Coast man died while on a commercial scuba dive at the Wolf Rock dive site 2km off Double Island Point just after 11am on Friday.
A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said the man had died following a 'completely unrelated medical reason'.
Queensland Police have appealed for help finding the man's scuba equipment that might have drifted along a wide stretch of Queensland's southeast coast.
The man's diving equipment, which included a black buoyancy control vest and white air tank, was left in the water and police believe it could have drifted north.
Currents might have pushed the equipment to the northern area of Inskip Point and as far as the stretch of beach at K'Gari, police believe.
Anyone who finds the items on the beach has been urged to leave them alone and contact the police, but if they are found in the water, police have urged the public to collect them before contacting authorities.
Wolf Rock is known to locals as challenging scuba diving and snorkelling site where divers can encounter low visibility and strong currents.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
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