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Warsaw Man Dies From Injuries In Diving Accident

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A Warsaw man injured in a Sunday diving accident has died.

Ben I. Bibler, 22, of North CR 175E, died Monday afternoon in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Bibler suffered a broken neck after diving into about 4 feet of water off the end of a pier on Tippecanoe Lake.

Friends with Bibler at the time of the accident performed CPR while awaiting the arrival of an ambulance summoned via 911. Bibler was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital and later transferred to Parkview.