MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 62-year-old man died Monday after losing consciousness following a dive at the popular Spiegel Grove shipwreck off Key Largo.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 11:57 a.m. reporting that a diver from a commercial dive boat was being brought ashore and that CPR was in progress.
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Richard Eric Unis, whose address was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier at approximately 1:38 p.m. Next-of-kin notifications have been made.
Preliminary investigations indicate that foul play is not suspected in the incident.
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