Current:Home > Contact-us2 young children die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek-LoTradeCoin
2 young children die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek
View Date:2024-12-23 20:35:12
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — Two young siblings died after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said.
The tragedy occurred Tuesday when a mother took her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to spend the afternoon at Thurman Flat picnic area on Highway 38 near Mill Creek, the San Bernardino Count Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
They were playing along the creek when at one point the mother was attending to her son and her daughter was taken downstream, the department said.
“The mother searched for her but could not locate her,” the department said. “When she returned, her son was missing and assumed to be down river as well.”
The mother frantically searched for both children and then hiked up to the picnic area and asked another family to help search, an effort that was unsuccessful.
Rescue crews from multiple agencies arrived at the scene about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Los Angeles around 4 p.m. and eventually found both children. The siblings were taken to local hospitals and pronounced dead after extensive efforts to save their lives, the department said.
The names of the children and their mother were not immediately released.
California authorities regularly warn that the state’s rivers and streams can become very dangerous when spring snowmelt fills them with fast-flowing, very cold water.
veryGood! (8)
Related
- Here's Your First Look at The White Lotus Season 3 With Blackpink’s Lisa and More Stars
- Body of 12-year-old boy with gunshot wound found in Philadelphia dumpster
- Four people held in a problem-plagued jail have died over the span of a month
- Michigan State, Tennessee exhibition hoops game to benefit Maui wildfire charity
- Ben Foster files to divorce Laura Prepon after 6 years, according to reports
- Body of 12-year-old boy with gunshot wound found in Philadelphia dumpster
- Jesmyn Ward, James McBride among authors nominated at 10th annual Kirkus Prizes
- 11 hospitalized after Delta flight hits severe turbulence en route to Atlanta
- Mike Tyson is expected to honor late daughter during Jake Paul fight. Here's how.
- Newsom plans to transform San Quentin State Prison. Lawmakers and the public have had little input
Ranking
- Cold case arrest: Florida man being held in decades-old Massachusetts double murder
- After cuts to children's food aid, 4 in 10 poor families are skipping meals, survey finds
- Audit finds Wisconsin economic development agency’s performance slipping
- Cameron touts income tax cuts, Medicaid work rules for some able-bodied adults in his economic pitch
- RHOBH's Kyle Richards Addresses PK Kemsley Cheating Rumors in the Best Way Possible
- Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert film coming to movie theaters in October
- Hurricane Idalia: See photos of Category 3 hurricane as it makes landfall in Florida
- Florida Pummeled by Catastrophic Storm Surges and Life-Threatening Winds as Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall
Recommendation
-
5-year-old boy who went missing while parent was napping is found dead near Oregon home, officials say
-
PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland set to have brain surgery to remove lesion
-
Step Inside the Stunning California Abode Alex Cooper and Fiancé Matt Kaplan Call Home
-
A 100-year-old oak tree falls on the Florida governor's mansion, Casey DeSantis says
-
Advocacy group sues Tennessee over racial requirements for medical boards
-
Locomotive manufacturer, union reach tentative deal to end 2-month strike
-
'Let's get these guys the ball': Ravens' new-look offense should put weapons in prime position
-
Fort Wayne police sergeant fined $35.50 for fatally striking pedestrian in crosswalk