Diver found dead near Manhattan Beach
Surfers in Manhattan Beach wait out a lull Sunday as lifeguards and coast guard rescue staff search for a diver who was found dead the next morning. Photo A man who went missing while diving off Manhattan Beach was found dead Monday morning inside a pipe connected to the El Segundo power plant. Rescue workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Lifeguard Division, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, found the body at 10:38 a.m. in an intake-outtake pipe belonging to the El Segundo Energy Center, according to Spencer Parker, a public information officer with the lifeguard division. The body is now in the custody of the county coroner, and sheriffs are leading the death investigation. Although Parker’s statement did not name the diver, the Coast Guard previously identified him as Jeff Tolly, 45. The pipe in which Tolly was found runs from the power plant and out to sea under a rock jetty, then pops up from the sea floor about a quarter mile beyond the jetty’s end, Parker said. Lifeguards have been in contact with the plant, which is operated by Houston-based NRG Energy. The power plant once used the pipe to draw in water for the…
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