POLICE BEAT
Diver pulled from ocean critical
Advertiser Staff
A scuba diver was in critical condition yesterday after being pulled from the ocean off Nanakuli.
Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig said the call came in at 2:31 p.m. that bystanders had pulled the man from the water at Electric Beach across Farrington Highway from the Kahe Power Plant.
The bystanders were performing CPR when fire and Emergency Medical Services crews arrived, Seelig said.
EMS spokesman Bryan Cheplic said that the man, who was in his 50s, had somehow become separated from other members in his scuba diving party, and was then pulled from the water by bystanders.
He was taken by ambulance to Hawai'i Medical Center West in critical condition, Cheplic said.
No other details about his identity or condition were released.
