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  • Intoxication and Drowning Accidents

    It is well-known that alcohol use is a factor in as many as 20 to 30% of traffic accidents involving a fatality or serious injury. Although the statistical data is less conclusive, it is estimated that alcohol impairment / intoxication is involved in a similar percentage of drowning and near-drowning accidents each year in the United States. In this post a drowning accident lawyer will explain the ...
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  • Flash Floods, Forest Fires, and Storm Drainage

    The recent damages, and deaths, caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have once again reminded us that many deaths occurring during severe weather are the result of accidental drownings rather than trauma such as lightning strikes, fire, or collapsing buildings. In today’s post, the drowning accident lawyer at the Doan Law firm will review some of the circumstances that can expose us to an ...
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  • You Don't Have to Drown to be Injured by Water

    Illnesses acquired while swimming are a growing problem, says drowning accident lawyer. Although accidental drowning deaths and near-drowning injuries involve primarily those in their childhood and teenage years, there are other recreational swimming injuries that are largely overlooked by many swimmers and their parents. In today’s post, the drowning accident lawyer at the Doan Law Firm will ...
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  • Ten Family Members Dead after Drowning Accident Caused by Arizona Flash Flood

    What began as a family outing in the high country of central Arizona on the afternoon of July 15th became a family tragedy when a flash flood smashed into a well-known picnic and swimming area a few miles north of the town of Payson. By Sunday afternoon, 9 of the 14 family members of Maria Rayas, including Maria and her 3 children, were confirmed as dead and her husband was listed as missing. ...
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  • Teen Drowns on Camping Trip

    A 16-year-old Tennessee boy died while on a white-water rafting trip with other teens attending a popular Georgia camp recently. Andrew Silvershein, 16 of Davie, Tenn, was on the Ocoee River in southeastern Tennessee when the raft he and six other teens were on flipped in a part of the river rated as Class 3+ on a scale of 1 to 5. The other six teens made it to shore safely. But Silvershein did ...
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  • Man Found Drowned in Skagit River

    Reports say the body of a 61-year-old transient whose body was found in the Skagit River near a Mount Vernon, Washington park was a drowning victim. Jose Jimenez II was discovered by a city parks department employee earlier this month in the river, near Memorial Highway bridge, in the Edgewater Park area, reports say. Police are still investigating how Jimenez ended up in the river. Questions on a ...
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  • Drowning Victims Finally Identified

    The names of drowning victims who died in boating accidents on the Fourth of July weekend in Waupaca County, Wisconsin were released recently, according to reports. Daniel Nolan, 57, of Manawa WI drowned while trying to capture a boat that had drifted away from him at the Manawa Mill Pond. He was able to grab the rope that attached the boat to the dock, but it pulled him in and he was not able to ...
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  • Missouri Man Drowns

    Eugene Smith, 26, of Dyersburg, MO, drowned earlier this month at a popular river in Missouri. Reports say Smith was attempting to swim across the river near Van Buren, MO. when he began to struggle in a fast-moving current about halfway across. He was evidently pulled under and never resurfaced. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri state troopers deployed divers to seacrch for Smith, ...
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  • Three Unrelated Drownings Occur on Kern River

    Amilcar Guardado, 37, of Los Angeles, was found floating face-down in the water near the Keyesville north campground on the Kern River at the beginning of the month, making him the first of three to die on the river in one day. According to reports, Guardado was swimming in the Kern River near the campground area when he tried to pull himself out by a rock. He was unable to hold on, however, and ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Drowning Victims Recovered in Lake Weir

    Two bodies of apparent drowning victims Pauline Yambao, 44, and Kenneth Stephens Sr., 55, were recovered late this spring during the second day of a search in Lake Weir, reports say. Reports say that Yambao, who was Kenneth Sr.'s sister-in-law, was swimming with a young child when he reportedly panicked. When Stephens saw the distress, he jumped in after Yambao and took the child to a nearby boat. ...
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  • Daytona Toddler Drowning May Have Been Assisted

    Reports say a three-year-old girl who drowned last month while playing in an inflatable pool with her 5-year-old brother, may have been pushed by her brother. The girl, reported as Victoria Cunningham, was pronounced dead after rescuers transported her from her home in Daytona Beach, reports say. The drowning was reported as an accident, but reports now say state Department of Children & Families ...
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  • Anonymous Samaritan Saves Drowning Child

    After being sucked into a drainage pipe, a young boy has a stranger to thank for saving him from drowning. Reports say that Zac Rogan-Rae was playing in the water with his family at Bucca Crossing Bridge, in Britain when the knee-deep water in which he was wading sucked him towards a bridge and into a pipe underneath it, reports say. The pipe, which was just big enough for his body to fit inside, ...
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  • Two Toddlers Suffer Separate Incidents in Family Pools on Same Day

    In two separate incidents in southern Arizona earlier this month, two toddlers were taken to hospitals after falling into each of their families’ backyard pools. The first toddler, a 20-month-old girl, was underwater for several moments at a home in Tempe shortly after 7 p.m., according to reports. The child was quickly removed from the pool and emergency services were summoned. Although they ...
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  • Deaths of Twin Toddlers Ruled Accidental

    Twin girls Veronica and Angelina Andreottola were 2 years, 8 months old, when they died on last summer at their Boston-area home. Officials have determined it was simply a tragic accident, reports say. The deaths of Lynnfield twins, who drowned in the family backyard pool, were caused when one of the girls managed to push a switch that opened the pool safety cover. Once that happened, they entered ...
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  • Mother Drives Minivan into Hudson, Kills Herself and Three Children

    A mother of four young children drove her minivan into the Hudson River, killing herself and three young children. One of her four children, 10-year-old Lashaun Armstrong, was the only occupant of the car to survive. The youngster pulled himself out of the van's driver-side window, swam to shore and flagged down a passing motorist, Meave Ryan. Ryan saw a shivering boy by the side of the road ...
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  • Pool Company Pleads Guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide

    Connecticut pool builder David Lionetti charged in a Connecticut boy’s 2007 drowning pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide for not installing a state-mandated safety device, reports say. Lionetti, the president of Shoreline Pools, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and will pay $150,000 for water-safety advertisements after having been charged with manslaughter, which could ...
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  • Baby Drowns in Bathtub

    A 10-month-old boy drowned while taking a bath with his 24-month old sister last month, prompting an investigation by the Dyersburg, Tennessee Sheriff's Department. The child, whose name was not released, was taken to the Dyersburg hospital Thursday where he was pronounced dead. Reports say the mother of both the 10-month old and a 24-month-old girl left both children alone while they were in a ...
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  • Authorities Charge Man in Drowning Death of Son

    A NewYork City man, Andres Soto-Diaz, 28, has been charged in the drowning death of his young son last summer, with the threat of punishment for involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment looming over him. Although prosecutors say there no evidence to suggest Soto-Diaz intended to harm his 17-month-old son, his son Eliel drowned in the bathtub of the family's former home in the 600 block of ...
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  • Refugees Drown as Navy Looks On

    More than a dozen Somali refugees drowned while crossing the Gulf of Aden this week while a naval boat ignored cries for help, reports say. Nearly 100 people have drowned in the first months of the year attempting to make the voyage across the Gulf of Aden. Two boats carrying a handful of Somali and Ethiopian refugees ran into strong winds and rough waters quickly after it set sail from an area ...
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  • Toddler Victim of Near-Drowning Incident in Above-Ground Pool

    A Cottontown, Tennessee toddler who remained in the hospital as a near-drowning victim in above-ground pool earlier last month, was involved simply in an accident, reports say, and no foul play was suspected. The 3-year-old boy, whose name was not released, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter after emergency services arrived at the scene of the ...
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  • Fisherman Possible Drowning Victim in Lake Lagonda

    Lake Lagonda, Florida deputies found the body of a man who may have drowned in the lake last earlier last month, reports say. A 911 call came into emergency services and the Interlachen Police Department, with the caller saying a man was drowning in the lake, reports say. When emergency crews arrived they found no body. But divers searched the lake and eventually found 39-year-old Charles Skeen in ...
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  • Race Safety Lax During Swimmer's Death

    The death of open-water swimmer Fran Crippen during an October race in United Arab Emirates has been investigated and have publicly stated there is a need to improve the sport's safety standards, reports say. Crippen, a six-time U.S. national champion, died near the end of a 10-kilometer marathon World Cup event. He slipped beneath the surface of the water and his body was not found until two ...
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