Kevin Dignan, 24, of Austin, Texas, drowned over the weekend during a nighttime swim
Authorities on Monday publicly identified a 24-year-old visitor who drowned over the weekend during a nighttime swim off the coast of Pacific Beach.
Kevin Dignan of Austin, Texas, suffered a cervical spinal fracture and sank into the water after he and a friend dove into the surf off Santa Rita Place about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Dignan’s companion and other friends socializing with them found the victim lying unconscious on the shore nearby, the agency reported. They tried to revive him prior to the arrival of paramedics, who took over the lifesaving attempts before pronouncing Dignan dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner.
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