Pilot critically injured after diving accident
Health
Tobago
Elizabeth GonzalesMarch 17, 2025
A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) pilot may be paralysed after a diving accident at Pigeon Point, Tobago, on Saturday.
Police told Guardian Media, Christon Battersby, 27, of Maracas Valley, St Joseph, was with friends at the Pigeon Point Jetty around midday when he dove into the water and hit his head on an unknown object. The impact knocked him unconscious.
His friends and a passerby pulled him to shore, and CPR was performed for 20 minutes before emergency personnel arrived.
Health
Tobago
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