Man found dead in waters off Point Loma

Surfer discovers man on boogie board

Local ambulance


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Posted: 03/04/2013
Last Updated: 83 days ago

SAN DIEGO - An investigation was under way Monday into the death of man who was found unconscious on a boogie board in the waters off Point Loma.

A surfer found the man off the western end of Voltaire Street about 6 p.m. Sunday and pulled him to shore, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

A bystander performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation before medics arrived and took the man to UCSD Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:58 p.m., the Medical Examiner's Office reported.

His name and age were not immediately known.

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