A 68-year-old Pennsylvania woman was airlifted Wednesday morning after losing consciousness during a dive at Sand Key off Key West.
The woman was diving with Captain’s Corner Dive Center at approximately 11 a.m. when she surfaced, waved and went back underwater. She was found floating nearby shortly thereafter without a weight belt.
Responding Coast Guard crews took her to Coast Guard Station Key West where waiting paramedics took her to Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island. She was then airlifted by Trauma Star to Mercy Hospital.
The Sheriff’s Office has no further information at this time.