Crime & Safety
Geoduck Diver Dies In Puget Sound Off Fox Island
Gig Harbor and Pierce County personnel responded to the incident Tuesday afternoon.
FOX ISLAND, WA - Pierce County and Gig Harbor rescue personnel responded to the waters off of Fox Island Tuesday afternoon on a report of an unresponsive diver. The 36-year-old man was working as a diver on a commercial geoduck vessel. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office dive team got the man out of the water, and Gig Harbor Fire and Rescue transported him to a hospital in Tacoma where he was pronounced dead.
#PCSD Dive Team responded to 911 call of unresponsive commerical geoduck diver near Fox Island; 36 yr old transported, died at hospital.
— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) April 19, 2017
According to the Tacoma News Tribune, the incident happened about 100 yards out in Puget Sound off the west side of Fox Island near a Navy facility.
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