A father and his son died after the dad tried to rescue him from drowning in a Virginia lake over Memorial Day weekend, authorities said.
The 42-year-old man who is yet to be identified alongside his son drowned on Saturday, May 25 in Lake Anna, a reservoir about 60 miles north of Richmond, Virginia, the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
The sheriff’s office and other emergency personnel responded to a report of a child drowning in the area of Carrs Bridge Road around 1:10 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
When the officers got there, they learned about the father’s attempt to rescue his boy.
“It was reported that witnesses observed the father struggling, just before losing sight of him as well,” the sheriff’s office said. “Several people went into the water in an attempt to locate them but were unsuccessful.”
Emergency personnel located and recovered the bodies of the man and the teen, who were both pronounced dead on the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.
The bodies were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Richmond for examination.
The Authorities have ruled it as an accident, as no foul play was suspected.
