Peter Gray, 63, spent up to 10 hours in the water, suffering a heart attack
A Scots fisherman who had more than 40 years of experience died after getting caught in fishing gear and dragged overboard, a probe into his death has found. Peter Gray was alone on his creel boat, Saint Peter, catching crab and lobster when the accident occurred on May 2, 2021, near Torness Point, Dunbar.
Sadly he was found unresponsive floating on his back water by the Coastguard at around 6pm. He was flown to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh but was pronounced deceased at 6.35pm. His death shocked the close knit community as Peter was a longstanding and well respected fisherman in Dunbar. “There were no eyewitnesses to this accident, but it is highly probable that Saint Peter’s skipper became caught in his fishing gear during shooting while trying to untangle a string of creels and was pulled overboard into the water. He was unable to reboard his vessel and, at an indeterminate time after the accident, suffered a fatal heart attack.
Top news stories today Marine Accident Investigation Branch also said that the boat's deck was "cluttered", making it difficult to stay around moving gear and an alternative deck layout could have kept the skipper clear of the running the rope. Peter's Personal Flotation Device inflated when he entered the water. The sea temperatures was cold at 8C on May 2 and temperatures that low can result in water shock, with survival time just one hour.
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