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A 17-year-old drowned at Lakewood Lake after running from officers that found him in a stolen vehicle in Waterbury on Tuesday.

Authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of two boaters, nearly two days after they went missing in an accident on a Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero were located Monday in Lake Eloise. Officials say the two men jumped into the Winter Haven lake on...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference that the two men had jumped into Lake Eloise to save a third person from their group.

Connecticut State Police are investigating after a man appears to have drowned in Candlewood Lake Monday evening. Officials were called to a small island adjacent to Blueberry Island, referred to as Button Island in New Fairfield, for a reported drowning at about 7 p.m. Crews transported the man to Danbury Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The man who…

With all of this heat, lots of folks will be flocking to the water to cool off. But are you prepared to respond if someone is drowning and loses signs of life? NBC CT’S Caitlin Burchill is sure glad three nurses were this weekend when in a blink of an eye, a friend’s child was discovered floating lifeless in...

One year ago, a Plainville teen and his friend died by a dangerous dam after jumping into the Farmington River. Despite a bad actor defacing Lucas Brewer’s memorial on Friday night, loved ones came together to remember him. “I’m glad we’re all here remembering him,” said Lola Molloy. She said Brewer was “definitely a light in [her] life.” After...

Nearly 65 percent of kids who drowned in Connecticut in the past decade were Black or Hispanic, according to statistics and program at the Downtown Hartford YMCA aims to help children learn how to swim.

Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out in an attempt to rescue him, authorities said.

When Alabama dad Brad Hassig lost consciousness in the family pool, his young sons and a neighbor saved his life.

The FDA said risks of baby neck floats “include death due to drowning and suffocation, strain, and injury to a baby’s neck.”

Nearly 4,000 people die from drowning every year in the U.S., and here’s what the U.S. Swim School Association and the American Red Cross say you should do if someone is drowning.

Two teenage boys out enjoying a day at the beach drowned Friday after going under water for nearly an hour, police said. Authorities said the two boys, both 13 years old, were with a group of friends along Jamaica Bay when the two fell into the water and were swept away around 11:40 a.m., police officials said. Panic quickly set…

A man drowned at the Ross Hill Family Campground in Lisbon Sunday afternoon. Crews also had to search for a missing kid at Hammonasset Beach State Park, and the child was transported to the hospital.

Emergency crews were dispatched to Ross Hill Campground in Lisbon on Sunday afternoon for a report that an adult male had not resurfaced while swimming in a pond. Divers were searching for the man for over two hours, Connecticut State Police said. The man was located and pronounced deceased. No further information has been given.

After a dangerous weekend on Connecticut waters, experts are urging people to use caution. NBC Connecticut visited Survival Systems USA in Groton. Every year hundreds go to the facility for survival training. “We teach people how to deal in stressful situations,” explained Keith Wille, development manager for Survival Systems. The team of survival instructors shared safety tips. They stressed the…

Experts say you don’t want to go in the water when it’s this cold, as your body will involuntarily react, causing some to gasp. Another key tip: always have a life vest.