– The rescue operation has ended and unfortunately the diver’s life could not be saved. The person was pronounced dead at the scene due to health issues. The diver is a man with American citizenship, the police said.
The accident happened inside Pluragrotten, which is popular with cave divers.
The emergency services moved quickly when the drowning accident was reported. The accident is said to have happened inside the cave, which is popular with cave divers.
– We have all rescue resources on site. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is in progress on a person who is unconscious. He was 20-30 meters into the cave when the accident happened, and was pulled out by the diving team, operation manager Kai Eriksen in the Nordland police district told NTB.
The police were notified of the diving accident at 15:59. The police do not yet know whether the accident happened in connection with work or leisure.
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The police are conducting an investigation at the scene.
– Something happened in the water, but we still need to find out what, says the police.
The man must have been at the caves together with a group of several people.
The Plura cave is a cave system formed by the 3.8 kilometer underground course of the river Plura. There have been several fatal diving accidents in the cave in the past. At the latest in 2015, two divers died, while a further three were sent to hospital, after an accident in the water-filled cave.
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