5 dead in attempt to save a struggling swimmer in Ohio river

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An effort to prevention a struggling swimmer successful an Ohio stream near 5 radical dormant implicit the weekend, authorities said Monday .

A radical gathered Sunday evening astatine the Scioto River successful Powell, a Columbus suburb, erstwhile 1 of them went into the h2o to spell swimming.

"And that’s erstwhile the calamity started to occur," Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said astatine a quality league Monday. Others past jumped into the stream successful an effort to assistance the swimmer.

"I recognize that 1 idiosyncratic got successful the river, was struggling successful the water. Two radical went successful to effort to prevention them," Balzer said. Those radical started struggling successful the river, Now we person 2 further radical spell successful the water."

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Officials basal astatine a staging country adjacent the Scioto River successful Powell, Ohio.

Officials basal astatine a staging country aft an cognition to retrieve aggregate radical who died portion trying to prevention idiosyncratic from the Scioto River successful the Columbus suburb of Powell, Ohio, Monday, July 20, 2026. (Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos/AP)

At astir 9 p.m., a "distraught" kid with the radical ran onto a adjacent roadworthy and was spotted by a motorist who called 911. The kid said his household was successful the river, Balzer said.

First responders arrived and recovered 2 women, who were pronounced dormant astatine a hospital, Balzer said.

The bodies of 3 men were recovered successful the stream connected Monday, Tracy Whited, a spokesperson for the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department, the The Associated Press. The identities of the deceased person not been released.

No vessel was astatine the country and it was unclear if intoxicant played a origin successful the tragedy, the sheriff said.

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Boats beryllium moored connected the Scioto River successful Powell, Ohio.

A vessel sits moored connected the Scioto River adjacent Powell, Ohio, wherever aggregate radical died aft respective went into the h2o to assistance different idiosyncratic who was struggling to aquatics Monday. (Jay LaPrete/AP)

Two children nether the property of 10 that were portion of the radical person been placed successful the attraction of household services, said Balzer.

The sheriff urged the nationalist to person information devices similar beingness vests connected manus erstwhile gathering adjacent bodies of water.

The 230-mile Scioto River is simply a fashionable country for locals and boasts food populations of bass, saugeye, catfish, and carp, according to publiclands.com.