Man drowns at Boyd Lake
Associated Press
Saturday, July 5, 2008
LOVELAND — Larimer County sheriff's officials say a man has drowned while swimming with in a lake in Loveland.
Sheriff's officials say rescuers were called to the swim beach at Boyd Lake at 12:06 p.m. Saturday and were told Omar Felix of Evans went under near some buoys.
Authorities said rescuers found him in water about 8 feet deep about 40 minutes after he disappeared under the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy Fire Marshall Scott Pringle said Felix was swimming with a relative when he began struggling. The family member wasn't able to hold him up.
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July 5, 2008
7:30 p.m.
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reddog writes:
Well thanks for that informative story... What happened? Who, What, Where, When and how... remember guys?
July 5, 2008
8:09 p.m.
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WestminsterJ writes:
reddog: Well thanks for that informative story... What happened? Who, What, Where, When and how... remember guys?
Maybe there was no other information available right now.
July 5, 2008
8:24 p.m.
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Happy2BAlive writes:
This will make a sad July 4th Holiday every year for the family.
As for the Who, What, Where When and Why question posed by a reader: This event happened today, July 5th at noon, in a city a couple of hours from Denver. The initial police report was probably not made until after the coroner was called to the scene, which would have been after rescuers found the man drowned.
Investigators would also have to be called, since cause of death might be known but manner and details of death would have to be investigated and verified. None of that could be released right away. Identifying information would not be released until the family could be officially notified. All of that will take some time.
An alert newspaper reporter was keeping track of incidents in the city and got what information was available from the police report. The information, along with other stories the reporter was working on, was sent to the approving editor. The editor, who was reviewing dozens of other stories simultaneously, placed it on the website by 6:21 p.m., knowing the original reporter will update it as more information is obtained. From that point on everyone has been able to read it--even those who do not subscribe to a newspaper. Amazing!
I would rather details be sketchy than for information to be given that turns out not to be true or that should not have been released.
But, none of that is of any importance to the crux of the story, which is that a family will be grieving tonight.
July 5, 2008
10:52 p.m.
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mytwosense writes:
Too many sad stories in the news today. I hate to hear about another accident on what should have been a celebratory weekend. My sympathies to this young man's family and friends.
July 6, 2008
7:49 a.m.
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bilco writes:
To mytwosense: How do you know he was a "young man"? I don't believe I read that in the article
July 6, 2008
11:10 a.m.
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mytwosense writes:
bilco, in an earlier version of this article it was stated that he was 21 years old. They've taken that out, though. Maybe the info was incorrect.