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  • Commercial Diving Accidents

    Depending on the source you consult, it is estimated that there are from 3,000 to 7,000 commercial divers at work in the United States and in its territorial waters over the course of a year. These divers perform a variety of tasks from simple visual inspection of underwater objects to the construction of seabed pipelines that are designed to carry thousands of crude oil or refined petroleum ...
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  • Sight-Seeing Tours and Drowning Accidents

    Even though the eastern seaboard states have seen more than their share of bad weather in the last several months, bad weather is not known to interfere with the vacation or business plans of many families and business organizations. In today’s post, our drowning accident lawyer will discuss two recent accidents and how the victims and/or survivors of such accidents may need the services of an ...
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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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  • Protecting Legal Rights Following a Drowning Accident

    Accidental drowning cases represent a significant issue in the United States. An average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings not related to a boating accident occur each year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, an additional 330-plus people are drowned as the result of boating accidents or incidents of one type or another. About ...
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  • Pursuing a Wrongful Death Case with an Experienced Lake Livingston Drowning Lawyer

    Collin Campbell, an experienced triathlete, was competing in a triathlon on Sunday, February 11, 2016, at Lake Livingston. The 27-year old Campbell was considered a strong swimmer by his family, friends, and trainers. He was slated to compete in an upcoming Ironman race in North Carolina. Protecting Triathletes Even when a triathlete like Collin Campbell is known to be strong and experienced, ...
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  • Accidental Drowning Water Safety Laws and Regulations

    There are voluntary guidelines that were developed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. These voluntary guidelines include both labelling and education. This is the effort of addressing the very real hazard of children having drowning accidents or death in buckets as little as five gallons. On face that might seem crazy, but the reality is that it's not a late night joke. ...
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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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  • Last-Minute Schedule Change Lets Sheriff Saves Drowning Man

    Morrow County, Oregon Undersheriff Steve Myren pulled a Walla Walla man from the chilly waters of the Columbia River during a Fourth of July celebration, earlier this month, after filling in at the last minute to help control an overcrowded marina event. Reports say that Myren got a late call to help patrol the marina during the fireworks show, but while on the boat, Myren spotted a woman with ...
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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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  • Boy Drowns After Swimming in Apartment Complex Pool

    A 15-year-old boy drowned after being pulled from a swimming pool at an apartment complex in Portland, Maine, reports say. Emergency services were called earlier this month regarding a possible drowning at the Princeton Pines apartment complex on Forest Avenue. Upon arrival, the boy was pulled from the pool by firefighters and paramedics and taken to Maine Medical Center, where he was later ...
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  • Woman Found Competent for Trial

    A 30-year-old woman accused of drowning her two-and-a-half-year old daughter has been deemed mentally competent to stand trial, reports say. The woman, Claudia Andrea Pedreros, is accused of murder in the death of her daughter, Sophia, as well as child cruelty, reports say. She has entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, reports say. Investigators have reportedly said ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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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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  • 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. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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