A Saddle Brook, N.J., man died this afternoon following a scuba diving accident at Dutch Springs in Lower Nazareth Township, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim confirmed.





Eugene Fleysher, 38, of the 100 block of Schepis Avenue, was pronounced dead at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill about an hour after the 1:30 p.m. accident.

Grim said Fleysher had been scuba diving at Dutch Springs when he became unresponsive in the water. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday to determine the exact cause of death.

Dutch Springs has had a handful of deaths at the diving spot within the past decade.

The quarry attracts about 30,000 divers a year. The lake, spanning 50 acres, reaches a maximum depth of about 100 feet.

A receptionist who answered the phone this evening at the water park and recreation area declined to comment on the matter.