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Jun 2, 2008 7:09 AM
AVALON, Calif. (Map, News) –
A retired Riverside County sheriff’s sergeant is dead after a weekend scuba diving accident off Santa Catalina Island.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s dispatcher said 50-year-old David Pike was diving with an instructor in about 20 feet of water Saturday at Casino Point Underwater Park when he ran into trouble.

Shortly after giving the instructor a thumbs-up signal, Pike floated to the surface, not breathing. He was given CPR and taken by paramedics to a hyperbaric chamber on the island. He remained unresponsive and was declared dead a couple hours later.

Hyperbaric chambers are used to treat divers for decompression sickness, also called the bends.

Catalina is about 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles County.