Diving blooper leads to death of 32-year old man

January 11th, 2010    Posted in Diving

A cliff diving blooper at the east Valley along Salt River in Arizona resulted to a death of a 32-year old man.

According to reports, divers from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office took two hours to recover the body of the young man on Monday night.

The friends of the unnamed victim recounted to local media that the jump as a mistake from the start. The man was at a forty-foot high cliff along the river and was already warned by deputies in a patrol boat not to jump and just to back off.

However, the man seemed to believe that he can do the cliff diving stunt as he was egged on by a lot of people below to jump in the water. The man then jumped but instead of hitting the water, his head hit the rocks instead. The horrified spectators could only look on as they heard the ear-splitting crack of the victim’s skull as it slammed against the rock and see the man’s limp body go into the water.

Friends revealed that the man was married with two daughters. Officials said that there was a drowning incident a couple of days ago on the same spot but this time that man went into the water to save his son but ultimately cost his life.