WATSONVILLE — Authorities have identified the man who died last week after being fatally caught up in floating debris in the waters near Sunset State Beach as a Watsonville resident.
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According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office, 64-year-old David Koons was in the water on Dec. 23 during a period of high surf warnings and large swell occurring up and down the Santa Cruz County coast. Little more than an hour after emergency responders were called to the beach around 11:30 a.m., large waves up coast contributed to the loss of about 150 feet of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.
Bystanders at the beach freed the Koons from the debris or log his leg was trapped beneath and began to administer CPR, according to California State Parks. The man was transported to an area hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.
