name:

  David Sparks

depth:

nationality:

  American

type:

  Surface Supplied

died:

  20090711

cause:

location:

  Lanier, GA

contractor:

  Orion

narrative:

     Died while working on a pipeline project. Entanglement may have been a factor in this incident. Lake Lanier is a man made reservior built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers.

further:

     From the Diver's Forum 20100725: 

     As I recall, according to the ACE spokesperson, cardiac arrest was given as the cause of death. Local EMS responded and attempted to revive him at the scene and the County Sheriff's Dept conducted the investigation.

     DAVID ANDREW SPARKS, 42, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, died July 11, 2009, in Lake Lanier, Ga. Born July 21, 1966, son of Joe and the late Betty Sparks, he was a 1985 Warsaw High School graduate; served in the U.S. Navy; and worked at St. Joseph Hospital in the hyperbaric chambers.

From the Fort Wayne, Indiana newspaper.