WASHINGTON BOY, 16, DROWNS IN PYRAMID LAKE; TEEN-AGER WAS ON VACATION IN SOUTHLAND WITH HIS FAMILY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer A 16-year-old boy on vacation from Yakima, Wash., drowned over the weekend after suffering cramps while swimming at Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. , officials said Monday. The body of Kevin Machado was recovered at 7:07 p.m. Sunday, about 90 minutes after sheriff's divers launched a search for the teen, who called for help before he disappeared beneath the water's surface at the lake's swim beach, officials said. ``There were other people at the swim beach who tried to assist him but were unsuccessful,'' said Deputy Paul Hardy Paul Jude Hardy (born October 18, 1942) is a Baton Rouge attorney who was the first Republican and thus far the only Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He served in the second-ranking post from 1988-1992. , who with his partner, Gary Hatfield, were flagged down by a boater. Hardy said he changed into his diving gear and dove into the water as Hatfield stayed in the boat and monitored the incident. Hardy searched the murky 17-foot-deep water for nearly an hour, surfacing once to change air tanks. After Hardy came up the second time, divers from the sheriff's Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' detail arrived and located Machado about 15 to 20 feet from where Hardy was searching. He had drowned in nine feet of water, officials said. The county coroner on Monday ruled the drowning accidental. Machado was vacationing at the lake with family and friends and had been swimming throughout the day, officials said. ``It's very sad . . . especially because it is someone who is young,'' Hardy said. Another swimmer had drowned under similar circumstances last July, Hardy recalled. That teen, a member of a church group touring Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , drowned at Vista Del Lago swim beach after complaining of cramps. Hardy located that body in 13 feet of water. Only eight days ago, another boy drowned at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² while out in a restricted area with his brother and aunt, officials said. Life guards There are several military regiments called the Life Guards:
Dr. Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh[] (born November 20, 1947)[1] is an American guitarist and rock musician. . The aunt didn't heed the warning and moved to another location in a cove, away from the life guards. When the aunt and children began swimming to the shore, Nicholas' 8-year-old brother noticed that Nicholas was missing. The boy's aunt and uncle notified life guards, who found Nicholas about 10 to 15 feet away from shore. Determination of the cause of death is still pending, said Los Angeles County Coroner The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was created in its present form on December 7, 1990 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, though it has existed in some form since the late 19th century. Coroner spokesman Scott Carrier. Hardy warned swimmers not to overestimate their abilities in the water. ``They don't realize how easy it is to get fatigued,'' he said. |
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