Update: Two drown at Tuolumne County swimming hole; search for third victim suspended
Update, 8:55 p.m. Searchers suspended operations due to nightfall and will return Saturday morning in an effort to find a third victim.. Two people drowned on Friday at God’s Bath swimming hole in Tuolumne County.
Update, 6:30 p.m. A second victim has been recovered from the water and pronounced dead, according to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department.
Dive teams are looking to retrieve the third victim, whose condition is unknown.
There was no immediate information on gender of the second victim.
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Three people were feared drowned at the God’s Bath swimming hole in the Tuolumne River Canyon on Friday, according to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department.
One woman was pulled from the water and pronounced dead. As of 4 p.m., two others remained in the water and their conditions could not be confirmed.
The department’s search and rescue crew is working with the Tuolumne County Dive Team and a California Highway Patrol helicopter for a swift water rescue.
We will have more on this story as information becomes available.
This story was originally published May 14, 2021 at 4:15 PM.
