Fatal Accident- Windy Point Park, Tx.

[ianr33]

There was an accident this afternoon at Windy Point (Barstows) on Lake Travis outside of Austin,TX.

A diver on an AOW course apparently lost contact with his group.He was found on the bottom sometime later and brought to the surface. EMS were working on him but it did not look good. He was Star flighted out of the park.

Anybody know if he made it?

[Kokomo]

That sounds awful - When I've been in classes I was hoping the instructors were taking good care of me. Hope this person makes it!

[Cheddarchick]

Hope all is well and the diver made it out fine....Please God look out for us....

[dutchman]

That is never a good thing. Hope he recovers.

[danielh03]

My second day of diving, I worked a rescue situiation. It almost scared my wife away from diving! My prayers go to the family and the victim

[ianr33]

Unfortunately he did not survive.
http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=7209764.

Be careful out there.

[DevilDiver]

AUSTIN, Texas (13 Oct 2007) -- A man who was participating in a scuba diving course died at Travis Lake on Saturday.
The as yet unidentified man was diving with a dive instructor and two students at Windy Point Park when he encountered problems at a depth of 26.2 meters (86 feet).
Rescuers pulled the victim from the water and initiated CPR as paramedics rushed to the scene of the scuba diving accident.
The man was taken to Brackenridge Hospital by StarFlight where he was pronounced dead.

[RoadRacer1978]

That is terrible. I feel bad for the family. Wonder why he didn't follow protocol and surface after not finding his buddy in about 1 minute. I know he was taking AOW, but apparently he did not have much experience. Unfortunate accident.

[peteg]

This is very sad. My thoughts go out to his family.

It's a bit unnerving to me because the day I did my OW checkouts at CSSP that teenage girl drown, and I did my AOW at Windy Point last month. Of the millions of safe dives every year, including thousands of safe dives at those locations, there were two fatalities at the places I've dived the most.

Be safe out there, stick with your buddy, continue to get more training....

[RoadRacer1978]

And don't panic. Remeber (Stop, think, Act). Then follow your training, and common sense.