TWO BOYS DROWN IN L.A. RIVER.Byline: Tracy Manzer Staff Writer LONG BEACH - Two Long Beach boys drowned after scaling a retaining wall and falling into the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. on Wednesday. The first child, 8-year-old Ray Wells, was found near Anaheim Street, submerged in water 10 feet deep at about 6 p.m. He had been underwater for up to half an hour, said Bob Caldon, spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department. The second boy, 9-year-old Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Ashe, was found more than two hours later, about 15 feet from where Wells was found. Both Wells and Ashe were taken to St. Mary Medical Center's Emergency Room. Wells was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m. and Ashe was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m., said Wayne Chaney, a Fire Department spokesman. Two Razor scooters List of scooter models per manufacturer Aprilia
Wells' mother was so distraught dis·traught adj. 1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict. 2. Mad; insane. [Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, at the news of her child's death that she refused to enter the hospital to identify his body, Chaney said. Wells' older brother, described as a teen, went in to make the identification instead. When authorities tried to talk to him, he said he had to talk to his mother first. When she heard the news, she fled down the street and he ran after her. Police officers found the devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. pair and brought them back to the hospital for counseling, Chaney said. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, a witness called 911 to report that two children were struggling to stay afloat on a piece of wood in the water, Caldon said. Fire Department Life Guard divers, who undergo rigorous and extensive training for underwater rescues, arrived within minutes and began searching the area. About a half-hour later, Wells was found, put on a longboard A longboard generally designates a longer board variant in various .
CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A Long Beach police officer checks a scooter scooter: see motorcycle. found near where two boys drowned in the Los Angeles River Wednesday. (2) Firefighters and lifeguards retrieve one of two boys who drowned Wednesday in the Los Angeles River. Marilynn Young/Staff Photographer |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion