2 married couples from Honduras were among 5 adults who drowned in an Ohio river
Authorities said all five adults were swept under after one person struggled to swim and others entered the water to help.
- Five adults drowned after being swept into the Scioto River at Shaughnessy Reservoir near Powell while attempting to assist a struggling swimmer, according to Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer.
- Heather Byers of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources warned that rivers can appear deceptively calm on the surface, even as water depths shift abruptly from 2 to 3 feet to 4 or 5 feet.
- A passing driver who called 911 reported a child wrapped in a towel fleeing the riverbank screaming for his mother; authorities recovered the two women's bodies Sunday and the three men's bodies Monday.
- Honduran authorities confirmed Tuesday that four of the five adults were Honduran citizens, including Jose Mario Pineda Dias and Marina Suyapa Regalado; Flabia Zamora, director of consular affairs at the Honduran Foreign Ministry, said repatriation could take at least a month.
- The two surviving children, ages 8 and 10, remain in Ohio state care while officials arrange reunification with relatives in Honduras; relative Brenda Raya launched a GoFundMe to cover funeral, transportation, and childcare costs.
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2 married couples from Honduras among 5 who drowned in a river in Ohio, authorities confirm
Five people died in the Scioto River in Ohio after attempting to rescue someone who was struggling to swim on Sunday.
Idaho Press
AP Exclusive: A boater's photo may be 'the last picture' of group drowned in an Ohio river
Marcus L. Martin felt instant trepidation when he saw five adults wading thigh- and waist-deep in the Scioto River last weekend. The Baptist pastor is a frequent boater on that
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4 victims in mass drowning on Ohio river identified as 2 married couples
Two women and three men died after several adults entered a river in Ohio to help a struggling swimmer, as two young children were left on shore, authorities said.
A boater’s photo may be ‘the last picture’ of group that drowned in an Ohio river
Marcus L. Martin felt trepidation Sunday when he saw five adults wading thigh- and waist-deep in Ohio's Scioto River. The Baptist pastor knew the area where they were standing to be treacherous. He believes the people he captured in a photo to be the group that drowned that day.
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