Authorities ID boy, man who drowned in Russian River over weekend

Authorities ID boy, man who drowned in Russian River over weekend

(KRON) -- A teenage boy and a man who drowned in the Russian River in separate incidents over the weekend have been identified by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. Elan Miranda, 17, of Oakland, was pronounced deceased after deputies responded to Monte Rio Beach just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. Miranda and another teenager were reported to be struggling in the water before beachgoers were able to bring one person ashore. Miranda had sli…

Sonoma County drowning victims identified as Bay Area residents

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims in separate Russian River drownings over the weekend and said neither one was wearing a life jacket. In an incident Sunday afternoon at Monte Rio Beach on the lower Russian River, where two juveniles were struggling in the water, 17-year-old Elan Miranda of Oakland was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff’s officials said. The other juvenile was rescued by a bystander. Neither…