Blog Posts in July, 2011

Drowning Death an Accident

The drowning death of a four-year-old boy in a backyard pool in Groton, Massachusetts over the Fourth of July weekend has been ruled an accident, reports say. The boy was pulled from the pool on Monday night, but the circumstances surround the accident were not released. His name was not made public either, reports say. EMS was summoned and the child was transported to Nashoba Valley Medical ...

Drowning Victim Found

A dive team recovered the body of a four-year-old girl who had been last spotted at the edge of the water at Monterey's County Nacimiento Lake on Sunday, July 3. The girl, Araceli Garcia of Greenfield, had been at the lake with her family when she was reported missing. Once the girl was reported missing, the entrance to the lake was shut down in an attempt to find her. , while members of the ...

Woman's Drowning Possibly Ignored

Officials are looking into the drowning which occurred in a Fall River public pool to determine if the six lifeguards on duty acted improperly. Initially unreported when this odd incident occurred, the story began when a boy evidently alerted lifeguards to the missing swimmer. The policies are reported to be clear that when a swimmer is reported missing, pool rules require lifeguards to ...

Drowning Death of Toddler Ruled an Accident

After Ayden Anderson, 22 months, of Bloomingdale, fell into a neighborhood swimming pool, EMS was summoned to the residence and crews performed resuscitation techniques as they transported him to Effingham Hospital. The child, who was reported as unresponsive the entire way to the hospital, was unresponsive to revival, and was pronounced dead at the hospital, reports say. Reports say an autopsy ...

Independence Day Drowning Claims Six-Year-Old

A boy on the beach at Sandy Point State Park in Maryland was playing with a ball in the water when he disappeared beneath the surface and drowned, reports say. The boy, Saquan L. Kennedy, 6, of Baltimore, was with other children playing with the ball in the Chesapeake Bay when he went under, reports say. As soon as he disappeared, Emergency Services was called and rangers and police - along with ...

Obstruction Charges Possible for Woman Impeding Drowning Investigation

Following the mysterious drowning death in Hollywood recently, a woman who was related faces obstruction charges after reports say police feel she impeded their investigation. The woman, Shakira Williams, 22, was charged with resisting-obstruction without violence following the death of Tyerra Anderson, 20, report say. Reports say Williams and Anderson were poolside at a Hollywood home recently ...

Foul Play Now Suspected in Drowning

Ten months after the drowning of an Alberta schoolteacher at Shelter Bay, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are now classifying the death as a homicide. The victim, Laura Letts Beckett, a 50-year-old elementary schoolteacher from Westlock, Alberta, was fishing from a boat with her husband on Aug. 18, 2010 when she was reported to have fallen overboard into the Upper Arrow Lakes. ...

CPR Keeps Judge's Son From Drowning

A man trained as a paramedic performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on his two-year-old son and revived him after he was found floating lifeless in pool during a Fourth of July picnic. Reports say Judge Brad Stuart and his family were swimming at a private residence in an Ocobla community on the Fourth when, at about 2 p.m, the Stuarts' son, John Stuart, 2, was discovered floating in the pool. ...

Area Reports Second Pool Death in Two Days

A Chico, California man drowned in pool just two days after a first droning was reported just a short distance away in Tehama County. The man, identified by the Butte County Coroner's Office as Gary McKampson, 54, was found lifeless in the backyard pool by his mother, reports said. He had been in the pool alone. Emergency personnel tried to revive the man as he was transported to Enloe Medical ...

Youth Dies in Public Pool

A West Des Moines, Iowa younster died in a metro pool last month after being found floating face down. The Boy, Kaden Danielsm, was found face-down at the Valley View Aquatics Center on 81st Street when a pool patron reportedly bumping into Daniels, who was floating in the water. The patron turned Daniels over and realized that his face was purple and that he was drowning. After immediately ...

Drowned Youth's Family Sues City

The family of a youngster who drowned in a Trenton public pool last summer has filed suit against the city, the pool administrator and six lifeguards with negligence, reports say. Three-year-old Darren Horton, Jr., thrashed for several minutes, desperately trying to keep his head above the water while people swam around him, ignoring his thrashing for at least four minutes, reports say. Horton ...

Man Tries to Swim Across Reservoir; Drowns

A 28-year-old man drowned early in June at Johnson Creek Reservoir, in Wyoming, when he failed in an attempt to swim the width of the seven-acre reservoir, reports say. The body of Steven Kendrix, 28, of Wheatland, was recovered early the following morning by rescue divers. Emergency services was called for a possible drowning after receiving reports at the Laramie County Sheriff's Office that ...

Volunteer for Fish and Wildlife Drowns

A Tulsa, Oklahoma man who disappeared recently while doing volunteer work with the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Cimarron River, has been found drowned, reports say. Twenty-two year-old Tulsa Joshua Griffin's body was found in eight feet of water after a three-hour search by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Guthrie Fire Department. Griffin reportedly went under water around noon as he ...

Off-Duty Fire Fighter Saves Drowning Teen

A five-year-old Fort Collins, Colorado boy got very lucky recently when an off-duty Poudre Fire Authority firefighter saved his life from a near-drowning. Firefighter Michael Dairon, who was evidently a patron at the same pool where the so-far unidentified youngster went underwater, came the the aid of the boy's father, who had seen him in distress and pulled him from the community pool in eastern ...

Youth Drowns in State Park

A young Morton, AZ youth died while swimming several yards away from the shore of Roosevelt State Park lake, reports say. The youth, Steven Hackler, 17, reportedly went under water for an instant, came back up in a panic, called for help, went under again and never reappeared. A friend tried to rescue him but failed to find him in the water. The Scott County Emergency Management team, along with ...

Body Discovered in River

The body of an elderly white male was discovered in the Susquehanna River after when a boater from the Highspire Boat Club first spotted it. The boater called 911 and waited as emergency services arrived. Reports say that police were uncertain at last report if it was a drowning, suicide, or that perhaps he died from a medical condition and then fell into the river, post trauma. With lengthy ...

Overturned Canoe Causes Drowning Death

Four males, tossed into the water at Illinois' Rock Cut State Park when their canoe capsized, were the source of an emergency call when one of the men went missing. Illinois Conservation Police were called but were unable to locate the victim. The victim was eventually found when the Loves Park Fire Department arrived and recovered him, reports say. The victim, 17 year old Mitchel Krause of ...

Bodies Found in Lake Accident

Lake Weir divers found the bodies of two drowning victims at Carney Island Park recently. reports say. Unfortunately, reports also say the victims had evidently gone to the park as a memorial to another family member who died in a Sumter County mining accident. Reports say nine members of the group went out on the lake when two children jumped from the boat to go swimming. One immediately had ...

Boy Rescued After 20 Minutes Under Water

A 12-year-old boy suffered a near-drowning recently after a hectic 20-minute rescue effort by several Marion County Lake neighbors who helped lake staff rescue the boy at the lake's swimming beach. The boy was reportedly with two other youths who were playing with a dog in the water when one of the boys went under. Emergency services were called, but before crews arrived, lake visitors began ...

Woman Drowns in Public Pool, Is Undiscovered for Two Days While Swimmers Pack Pool

Police are continuing to investigate a drowning at a Veterans Pool at Lafayette Park in Fall River, Mass. that occurred last week. The discovery of her body two days later - even while swimmers were in the same pool with the dead woman - has police baffled. Pool experts were on hand at the pool to take water samples and to inspect the slide that apparently started the cascading sequence of events ...