Authorities have publicly identified a Nebraska man who died last weekend after suffering a heart attack while scuba diving at La Jolla Cove.
Jared Schreck, 44, was on a group dive in the coastal inlet adjacent to Point La Jolla when he became separated from his companions Sunday morning, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Searchers found him underwater without his breathing regulator in his mouth and pulled him to shore, the agency reported.
Lifeguards tried in vain to revive Schreck prior to the arrival of paramedics, who took over the lifesaving attempts and took him to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy determined that Schreck died of drowning and heart failure due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
City News Service contributed to this article.
