14-year-old drowns after being swept down Entiat River
A Wenatchee teen died after she was swept away in the Entiat River at the Lake Creek campground on Sunday, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said.
At 4:15 p.m. deputies were advised by 911 dispatchers about a water rescue involving a 14-year-old who had been washed away in the river, and a 20-year-old man who was stranded on a rock in the middle of the river.
About 40 first responders, including the sheriff’s office air support unit, searched for the girl.
Deputies said crews in the helicopter found her downstream in fast-moving water from where the man was stranded.
Rescuers on the ground used a rope system and ladder to get to the girl but she was deceased, officials said.
While crews were recovering the girl’s body, a helicopter from Naval Air Station Whidbey assisting in the rescue pulled the East Wenatchee man to safety.
He was taken in an ambulance to be checked out.
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