BC Coroners office is investigating after a man drowned near White Rock pier early Tuesday morning.
According to a marine search-and-rescue spokesperson, witnesses notified 911 around midnight and White Rock RCMP officers were immediately deployed to the pier scene.
Fire, ambulance, hovercraft and an RCM-SAR5 (Crescent Beach) crew also responded, along with a civilian vessel, Dean Donnelly, with RCM-SAR5, told Peace Arch News.
A search was conducted from about 12:30 a.m. for about an hour, when the victim – a man estimated to be in his late-50s – was recovered by the Coast Guard approximately 600 metres west of the pier.
Despite extensive emergency-resuscitation efforts, the man did not survive.
The coroner arrived on the scene about 2:30 a.m.
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