Five Drown in Ohio River Attempting to Rescue Swimmer
Five adults drowned in an Ohio river while attempting to rescue a struggling swimmer, turning a rescue effort into a tragic mass drowning. Authorities are investigating the incident after a child reported their family was in the river.
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5 Found Dead in Ohio After Child Tells Driver His ‘Family Was in the River’
Two women and three men were pulled from the Scioto River, outside Columbus.
By Michael Levenson
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Rescue crews find two women, pronounced dead at hospital, and the bodies of three men after motorist calls 911 Five people have died in a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child who had been with the group and was running on a nearby road, Delaware county sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said at a news conference on Monday. Continue reading...
By Associated Press
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Five people drowned in the Scioto River in Powell, Ohio, after others jumped in to rescue a struggling swimmer, the Delaware County Sheriff says.
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The emergency was first reported by a passing motorist who called 911 after noticing a child running along a nearby road
By Jasmine Fernández
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As the swimmer began to struggle in the water, two other adults tried to assist him but began floundering themselves, leading two more adults to make rescue attempts before all five disappeared in the river
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