SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out to try to rescue him, authorities said.
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that the boy was swept into a popular boating and swimming destination called Three Mile Slough.
The delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Sacramento.
The boy was pulled from the water and was not injured, but three of his relatives were pulled out after going in after him, Rio Vista Battalion Chief Brandon Wilson said.
People “saw them fall and never saw them come back up,” Wilson said.
Authorities searched for the men for two hours in hopes of rescuing them, but later switched to a recovery operation, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Also this weekend in California, a man drowned in Lake Berryessa in Napa County on Sunday after trying to save his son as the boy struggled in the water, the Chronicle reported. The boy returned safely to shore.
And a 13-year-old girl drowned Sunday off a lake in Madera County, the Fresno Bee reported Monday.
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