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UPDATE: Shipwreck diver dies in hospital

Scott Stitt, 52 ,has died as a result of a diving incident near the Judge Hart shipwreck in Lake Superior.
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MARATHON, Ont. - A Burlington man has died as a result of a diving incident at Neys Provincial Park last week.

Scott Stitt, 52, was performing technical dives with a group friends off the Judge Hart shipwreck on Lake Superior on Aug. 9 when he experienced problems, became unconscious, and floated to the surface, according to an OPP news release.

Stitt received extensive medical treatment in Marathon and Thunder Bay before his death in a Burlington hospital.

Provincial police are continuing to investigate the cause of the incident.

 



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Michael Charlebois was born and raised in Thunder Bay, where he attended St. Patrick High School and graduated in 2015. He attends Carleton University in Ottawa where he studies journalism.
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