MIAMI – Police are investigating after a man died Wednesday after being pulled from Biscayne Bay by two divers during lobster mini-season.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the incident was reported just after 1 p.m. as a possible drowning near the 300 block of Crandon Blvd in Key Biscayne.
Miami-Dade police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta confirmed Thursday that three divers were on a boat before two of them went into the water.
Zabaleta said one of them surfaced and was trying to board the boat when he fell back into the water and sank.
He said the other two divers pulled the man out of the water.
Authorities said the man was transported to Jackson South’s Ryder Trauma Center where he died.
Sky 10 flew over the scene around 5:30 p.m. where a Miami-Dade Crime Scene Investigator van was spotted in the parking lot along with the Marina and a police boat that was docked.
Zabaleta said investigators believe the victim may have suffered a medical episode that caused him to fall back into the water.
His age and identity have not been released.