SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the person who drowned at Pacific Beach on Sunday as a young man who lived in Austin, Texas.
Kevin Dignan, 24, had been visiting San Diego with a group when he and a friend waded into the ocean and dove near Tower 22 and the Wayfarer Hotel around 3 a.m., the medical examiner's report states. Dignan's friend resurfaced from the water, but they did not immediately see him.
The friend alerted the rest of the group, and they found Dignan unresponsive, lying on the beach several yards away from where they dove in.
"The friends called 911 and provided lifesaving measures while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement and fire personnel," the report states. "Despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, death was pronounced on scene."
The medical examiner says Dignan suffered a cervical spine fracture due to the blunt force to his head and neck from the dive. His death has been ruled an accident, and the next of kin have been notified.
