Sheriff's Office: Diver drowns at Blue Springs State Park
Posted Sat, 2009-05-30 16:45
ORANGE CITY -- A 38-year-old Zephythills man died fronm an apparent drowning this morning at Blue Spring State Park while free diving, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
Robert Jones was found at 10:22 a.m. under 10 feet of water and possibly had been under for up to 10 minutes, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
Jones was pulled out of the water and transported by EVAC ambulance to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, Orange City, where he was pronounced dead at 11:33 a.m.
An autopsy will be performed on Monday to determine the cause of death, but investigators do not suspect that there was any foul play.
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