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Paddleboarder Dies After Being Swept Away in Storm-Swollen Channel in Escondido
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Posted on 02/15/2019 2:05:05 PM PST by BenLurkin

Authorities in Escondido, northeast of San Diego, recovered the body Thursday of a man who witnesses say had been paddle-boarding down the surging current in a concrete-lined waterway.

A 911 caller reported that the man had been swept away by rushing water in the Escondido Creek near Rose Street shortly before 4 p.m., KTLA sister station KSWB in San Diego reported.

Responding crews positioned themselves to try and rescue him, according to the station. However, it soon became a recovery effort when they discovered the body near the Tulip Street overpass

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; drowning; escondido; paddleboarder; paddleboarding
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To: EveningStar

Evening Star, possibly for your SoCal News:

http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/elizabeth-warren-to-speak-in-glendale-on-monday

What surprises me here is that Glendale used to be very conservative.


41 posted on 02/18/2019 9:37:44 AM PST by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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