Update: Paddleboarder died after he ‘likely drowned’ at Quinn’s Pond, Boise fire says
Sarah A. Miller/[email protected] 66-year-old paddleboarder died after he likely drowned at Quinn’s Pond, according to a news release from the Boise Fire Department.Both the fire department and the Boise Police Department responded to the 22-acre pond just west of downtown Boise’s West End around 4 p.m. after witnesses reported the man went under the water and didn’t surface, the release said. Boise officers went into the water immediately to look for him, and the fire department’s dive team continued to search.By 5:20 p.m. the dive team found the man, the release said. Paramedics and firefights attempted to perform life-saving measures, and he was then taken to a nearby hospital, but he didn’t survive.Authorities said the man likely drowned, and that were no signs of foul play. The Ada County Coroner’s Office is expected to release the man’s official cause of death and will provide any identifying information once his family is notified.Around 4:00 this afternoon Boise Fire
A 66-year-old paddleboarder died after he likely drowned at Quinn’s Pond, according to a news release from the Boise Fire Department.
Both the fire department and the Boise Police Department responded to the 22-acre pond just west of downtown Boise’s West End around 4 p.m. after witnesses reported the man went under the water and didn’t surface, the release said. Boise officers went into the water immediately to look for him, and the fire department’s dive team continued to search.
By 5:20 p.m. the dive team found the man, the release said. Paramedics and firefights attempted to perform life-saving measures, and he was then taken to a nearby hospital, but he didn’t survive.
Authorities said the man likely drowned, and that were no signs of foul play. The Ada County Coroner’s Office is expected to release the man’s official cause of death and will provide any identifying information once his family is notified.
Around 4:00 this afternoon Boise Fire and Boise Police responded to a report of an adult male who went missing in the water at Quinn’s pond. A search, involving the Boise Fire dive team is ongoing.
— Boise Fire Dept. (@BoiseFire) October 20, 2023
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