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Coroner identifies accident victim By Barb Brouwer
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The BC Coroners Service has identified the man who died Aug. 3 as a result of head injuries sustained after diving into the Adams River. Robert Bruce Boyd, 49, from Kamloops, was enjoying an afternoon with his family about 800 metres upstream from the SquilaxAnglemont Road bridge. Boyd dove into a river pool and,when he failed to resurface, family and friends went in after him and
got him to shore. RCMP Const. Jonathan Spooner says the Chase detachment received a report that the man had sustained serious injuries. He says when he arrived at the scene, the man was unconscious and had a very weak pulse. Shuswap Search and Rescue (SAR) search manager John Schut received a call for assistance at 2:30 p.m., responding with nine members of the team. Schut says that by the time SAR arrived, paramedics had hiked into
the area just below the gorge with a stretcher. It took a combined effort on the part of Chase RCMP, BC Ambulance and SAR to transport the critically injured man overland to a BC Ambulance helicopter in a staging area just west of the bridge. But, despite efforts by paramedics, Boyd succumbed to his injuries before the helicopter could depart. Spooner calls Boyd’s death a tragedy and adds that, from a police perspective, it’s a reminder that diving into unknown waters is ex-
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tremely dangerous. “Alcohol was not a factor, just some wrong judgment,” he said, noting the water level in local lakes and rivers has dropped substantially over the summer. The BC Coroners Service continues to investigate this death. Family members have all been notified of Boyd’s death and, on their behalf, the coroners service is asking that their privacy be respected at this difficult time. See Police on page A2
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