The families of two teenagers who died after going swimming in the Bronx River are calling on the city to erect a safety fence to avoid similar tragedies. Erickson Villa and Willington Gavin, both 13, were pulled from the New …
A Maryland woman whose son drowned last year along an obstacle course in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the organizers of Tough Mudder’s Mid-Atlantic event. The lawsuit filed by Mita Sengupta against Tough Mudder …
This weekend’s high temperatures are coinciding with high water around Vermont, and the state’s top health official is advising against heading out to a favorite swimming hole. Health Commissioner Harry Chen, an emergency room physician, says he’s too often seen …
An investigation into the drowning of an 18-year-old freshman on Northern Michigan University’s varsity women’s soccer team confirmed that no one saw or heard her in distress in the water, officials announced Thursday. The school released preliminary information from its …
Erie County will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who suffered brain damage after she nearly drowned in a public pool two years ago. The Buffalo News reports the payment will settle Jannette Morales’ personal-injury …
A Gwinnett County jury has awarded $9.85 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by parents of a 2-year-old who died in a daycare facility in Buford, Georgia. The child’s parents, Kemi Green and Gbolohan Bankolemoh, enrolled their …
Hennepin County sheriff’s officials say a man has drowned in a hotel pool in Minneapolis. The 21-year-old man was swimming with his family Sunday about 6 p.m. and began to struggle in the deep end of the pool at the …
Sharp County Sheriff’s Department investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the drowning of a 17-year-old boy in the Spring River. Deputies say the drowning happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at the L.B. Access to the river. Sharp …
A 35-year-old man from southern California has drowned at a Kauai waterfall. The Kauai Fire Department says the man from Irvine jumped off the top of Kipu Falls Sunday afternoon. He was swimming toward the shore when he went underwater …
A woman whose 8-year-old son drowned in a Logan County pool is suing the state Division of Natural Resources. The Charleston Gazette reports Cynthia Fite filed the lawsuit Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Her son, Austin Cliff Runyon, was …