Scuba diver dies off South Carolina coast

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Scuba diver dies off South Carolina coast

By Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 6, 2008 at 4:56 PM EST

Story Updated: Jul 6, 2008 at 4:56 PM EST

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A scuba diver from Mount Pleasant likely
died of a condition that can occur when divers rise too quickly.

Forty-five-year-old Tim Edwards died Friday while spearfishing off Charleston.

Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal told The Post and Courier of Charleston that an autopsy performed Saturday showed the avid scuba diver likely died of an air or gas embolism.

That condition can occur when diver rise too quickly.

The Coast Guard said Edwards and eight others were about 30 miles off the coast.

A Coast Guard helicopter based in Charleston airlifted Edwards to the Medical University of South Carolina, where he was pronounced dead.

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