ROCKPORT — A diver reported to be in distress Saturday morning in the area of Front Beach died, according to a statement from Town Administrator Mitchell Vieira.
Rockport’s public safety dispatch received a call around 11:30 a.m. for a potential diver in distress in the area of Front Beach this morning, Vieira said.
The call came from the partner diver of the individual, he said.
Rockport’s harbormasters were immediately dispatched as well as the Rockport Police Department.
“The harbormasters located the individual who was unresponsive and immediately commenced medical care,” Vieira said. “The individual was transported to the hospital by Rockport Ambulance and Beauport Ambulance ALS where it was determined that he was deceased,”
The matter is under investigation by State Police Detectives assigned to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. The town referred further comment on the death to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
The town’s Harvest Fest happened to be taking place downtown at the same time as the large public safety response to the incident.
Last October, brothers-in-law Alan De Oliveira Leao, 75, of Pepperell, and Richard Brady, 78, of Hampton, New Hampshire, who were experienced divers testing equipment for a diving trip to Venezuela, died after going into distress diving off Front Beach