Diver drowns in rough waters
From the Associated Press
A 50-year-old man drowned while scuba diving in rough waters north of Jenner, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department said.
Victor Smith of Petaluma got stuck Sunday in a crack of a rock at Stillwater Cove Regional Park, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Thomson. Large waves hampered efforts by a friend, a lifeguard and a helicopter crew to rescue him, Thomson said.
Smith was the fifth diver to die in April on the North Coast. Four others died earlier in the month while hunting for abalone.
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