Tourist dies in snorkeling incident

A 42-year-old North Carolina woman died at Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island Sunday evening after being rushed there following a snorkeling incident near the Sand Key Lighthouse.

Erica Michelle Brown — what North Carolina town she was from was not immediately clear — was pronounced dead at the hospital at approximately 5:35 p.m.

The Sheriff’s Office was notified at approximately 5:19 p.m. that a female was being transported by the U.S. Coast Guard from Sand Key Lighthouse to waiting paramedics ashore.

Brown was snorkeling with family and friends on  a Fury Watersports boat when she reputedly began signaling for help. CPR began on the boat and continued on the U.S. Coast Guard boat.

Autopsy results are pending.

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