In this April 18, 2014 file photo, South Korean Coast Guard officers search missing passengers aboard the ferry Sewol, center, in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea. The South Korean government is scrambling to fix what Prime Minister Park Geun-hye calls the 'deep-rooted evils' that contributed to last month's ferry sinking, which left more than 300 people dead or missing. As investigators probe cozy links between the shipping industry and its regulators, Seoul has promised new monitoring and regulations for domestic passenger ships, which are not governed by international rules. (Yonhap/AP)
Officials say that a civilian diver involved in searches for dozens of missing people from a ferry disaster has died.
Government task force spokesman Ko Myung-seok said the diver died at a hospital Tuesday after becoming unconscious following searches off the southern coast, where the Sewol sank on April 16.
Other task force team officials say the 53-year-old diver was pulled to the surface by fellow divers after losing communication.
The ferry disaster left 260 people dead, with about 40 others still missing. Government and civilian divers are fighting rapid currents as they try to retrieve the remaining bodies.
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