Crime & Safety

SF Boy Hospitalized After Near-Drowning at Russian River

Flown by helicopter to Children's Hospital in Oakland.

 

A 13-year-old San Francisco boy was taken to a hospital after being pulled from the Russian River at Steelhead Beach near Forestville on Sunday afternoon, a Sonoma County sheriff's lieutenant said.

The sheriff's office responded to a report of a possible drowning at the beach, located near 9000 River Road, at 2:45 p.m., Lt. Steve Brown said.

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A 15-year-old girl said her 13-year-old brother was in distress in the river before he went under water, Brown said.

He was pulled ashore by someone swimming in the river, and a citizen tried to revive the boy before paramedics arrived, Brown said. It was initially reported that the boy was under water for more than five minutes.

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The boy was taken by ambulance to Sutter Medical Center of Santa
Rosa then by helicopter to Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland.

-- By Bay City News Service


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