Pompano Beach man dies after hitting head on bridge, falling in canal

A Pompano Beach man who hit his head on a low bridge and fell into a canal has died.

Scott Keegan’s mother, Nancie Keegan, told The Palm Beach Post that her son stood up while on a boat with a group of friends on Dec. 21 and was knocked into the water.

Emergency divers located the 36-year-old man after 20 minutes, and took him to the hospital. He died the next morning.

Nancie Keegan said the accident happened on Keegan’s way back from a restaurant, where the boat’s owner had taken him to thank him for helping work on the vessel.

Keegan was born in Fort Lauderdale and was a 1999 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School, according to his published obituary. He attended Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University. Along with woodworking skills, Keegan was a professional mixologist and tended bar at several area establishments and restaurants, the obituary said.

A funeral mass and burial were scheduled for Thursday.

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