A missing toddler has died after being discovered in a neighbor's pool, Riverside County authorities said Saturday. The girl, who has not been identified, was rushed to a hospital but pronounced deceased at the facility. Shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, Riverside County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a drowning on the 30000 block of Wellington Circle in Temecula.
SAN JOSE The mother-daughter operators of a San Jose daycare center where two toddlers drowned in a swimming pool in 2023 were held to answer to charges of child endangerment by a judge following a preliminary hearing this week. The ruling, which means that there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial, was passed down by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Ronald Toff, following a three-day preliminary hearing that concluded Thursday.
The annual drowning report released by Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia on Tuesday recorded 357 deaths between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 34 more than the previous year's total of 323, and a 27% increase on the 10-year average. One-third of those who drowned were over the age of 65, and drowning deaths among those aged 75 or older had increased by 63% on the 10-year average, the report shows.
A teenager died Sunday evening in an apparent drowning at Hampton Beach, according to New Hampshire State Police. At around 6:46 p.m., the State Police Marine Patrol received a report of a possible drowning. The teenager, a 17-year-old boy whose name is not being released due to his age, had been swimming with family members when he was pulled away from the shore by a strong ocean current, witnesses told police.
On Sunday, just before 9 a.m., police responded to a report of a missing child near Broad Street and Tompkins Avenue, a spokesperson for the NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information said. Upon arrival, officers were told that Thomas was missing, and they began canvassing the surrounding area. After a short search, they discovered Thomas unconscious and unresponsive in the water near the 600 block of Bay Street in Stapleton.
Locals reported a swimmer in difficulty offshore near Boatstrand. Coast Guard and RNLI units were deployed, including a Waterford-based helicopter for search efforts.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that the two girls who died after a barge collided with a sailboat in Miami Beach accidentally drowned, specifically identifying them as Mila Yankelevich and Erin Victoria Ko Han.
The National Weather Service says these dams are colloquially known as "drowning machines." They extend across a river from bank to bank and are designed so that water continuously flows past the crest of the dam.