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Coast Guard Searches for Diver Missing Since Sunday Near Hollywood Beach

Hollywood Fire Rescue said the diver went out around 8:30 a.m. in the area near the 3500 block of South Ocean Drive and has not been seen since

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Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Hollywood Police Department were involved in a search Sunday for a diver who went missing.

Hollywood Fire Rescue said the diver, who was identified by the Coast Guard as 36-year-old Vitali Kremez, went out around 8:30 a.m. in the area near the 3500 block of South Ocean Drive and has not been seen since.

Kremez was last seen wearing a black wetsuit and scuba tank.

Members of the Coast Guard used boats and helicopters and received assistance from both Hollywood Police and Hollywood Fire Rescue in the search efforts, but the man has still not been found.

Anyone with information is asked to call the USCG Sector Miami at 305-535-4472.

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