JULY 2, 2009 - A fire captain with the Forest Service in Oroville was critically injured after diving into shallow water near South Yuba River State Park, authorities said.
Mark Davis was with a group of friends who had been jumping feet-first into the river near Bridgeport.
Davis then dove in head first, witnesses said.
They noticed he was floating face down for about a minute, but bystanders thought he was joking. After Davis appeared to have a seizure, he was pulled from the water.
Because of the lack of cell service in the area, it took about 20 minutes for a state parks ranger to be notified, witnesses said.
Firefighters from Penn Valley’s Lake Wildwood and North San Juan responded to the scene and learned the victim had no feeling or movement from the neck down, said a fire chief with Penn Valley.
He was transferred to Sutter Roseville Medical Center. As of Monday, Davis had not regained consciousness, officials said.
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