A SEATTLE woman died while snorkeling in a national park on Thursday, officials said.
Moments before she died, family members heard Carol Murrell Maillet screaming for "unknown reasons" as she snorkeled along a beach in Dry Tortugas National Park near Key West in Florida, Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.
After the 74-year-old woman was brought to the shore, nearby bystanders attempted to perform CPR on the beach.
Maillet was eventually airlifted to a medical center on a nearby island in the Florida Keys on the Gulf of Mexico.
She was pronounced dead around 2.47pm on Thursday, police said.
Officials said Maillet had not been on a guided snorkeling trip when the incident occurred as she swam along the Fort Jefferson wall by the beach.
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“There was a family member in the water and other witnesses around,” MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt told the Miami Herald.
A cause of death has not yet been released, but officials from the sheriff's office said autopsy results are pending.
Authorities do not believe foul play was a factor in the death.
The investigation into Maillet's death is ongoing.
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This is the third time this week that a visitor has died while exploring the Florida Keys waters.
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The investigation into Maillet's death is still ongoing, police say.
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