Diver 'Conscious and Talking' Before Being Flown to Boston Hospital

Updated article, 4:15 p.m. Saturday, July 4

Boston Medflight transported a diver to Massachusetts General Hospital after a boat brought the man to Marblehead’s shore Saturday afternoon.

Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland said the man did not have physical injuries, as in broken bones or cuts, but appeared to possibly have been suffering from “the bends,” or decompression sickness that occurs when a diver rises toward the surface too quickly.

Gilliland said the man was conscious and talking with first responders before being flown to Boston, but the chief did not know the man’s current status.

Gilliland also did not know whether the adult male diver was scuba or free diving.

According to a police statement, a call came in at about 12:15 p.m., that a boat was bringing a diver to shore who had been injured about six miles south of Marblehead. 

Original article:

A diver injured about six miles south of Marblehead was transported by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital Saturday afternoon.

Marblehead police said a call came in alerting them that a boat carrying an injured diver would be arriving in the harbor shortly as it was the closest location to bring the diver.

The person was brought to State Street Landing where first responders determined the injured person should be flown to Massachusetts General Hospital via Boston Medflight, a police statement reads.

The medical helicopter landed at Seaside Park to transport the victim. No further information was immediately available about the victim or that person’s injuries.

Photo credit Marblehead Police Department