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Scuba Diver Dies In Channel Islands

A scuba diver died while on a dive trip in the Channel Islands.

It happened just after 2 p.m. yesterday, near San Miguel Island. A man went into cardiac arrest. People with the man started CPR, and paramedics were flow to the island by a Santa Barbara County helicopter.

But, he was pronounced dead at the scene. The helicopter brought the man’s body back to the mainland. His name hasn’t been released.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.