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Man drowned after jumping into lake

2008 Reader Submission
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Darwin says "New Information has come to light indicating that this was an accident. For more information, read The Californian."


A man who drowned Saturday evening in Lake Elsinore had jumped into the lake to cool off even though he didn't know how to swim, authorities said.

He was identified as Dwaine Wilson, 48, of Carson, according to the Riverside County sheriff coroner's office. About 6:45 p.m., sheriff's deputies and Lake Elsinore Marine Search and Rescue were called out to the Little Cove area of the lake near 500 W. Lakeshore Drive where a man had gone underwater and did not reemerge. The man was visiting the lake with several friends from Canyon Lake, a sheriff's news release said.

Deputies and several others searched the water for the missing man and around 8:15 p.m. they found him in an area where the water is about 11 feet deep, the release said.

The man was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, where he was pronounced dead about 9 p.m.

Submitted on 04/24/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Press-Enterprise, Sunday, April 13, 2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I was ready to toss this one as being too common but how stupid do you have to be to do something like this when you don't know how to swim? I guess he won't have to worry about it being too hot any more. Thanks for sending this in.


Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Perfect Darwin Award - not a very sensible thing to do if you can't swim!


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