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5 adults, including 2 couples drown in Ohio river after jumping in to help struggling swimmer

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Five adults, including two couples died on a river in Ohio Sunday after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities announced Monday. The group had gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one of them went int…

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  1. The Republic

    2 married couples from Honduras were among 5 adults who drowned in an Ohio river (opens The Republic)

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    POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The skies were mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat had finally broken as 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Dias and his 28-year-old wife, Marina Suyapa Regalado, set out with their two children for some leisurely fishing in an Ohio river.

  2. ABC 30 Fresno

    4 victims in mass drowning on Ohio river identified as 2 married couples (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    Two women and three men died after several adults entered a river in Ohio to help a struggling swimmer, as two young children were left on shore, authorities said.

  3. WMUR

    2 married couples from Honduras among 5 who drowned in a river in Ohio, authorities confirm (opens WMUR)

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    Five people died in the Scioto River in Ohio after attempting to rescue someone who was struggling to swim on Sunday.

  4. NBC Chicago

    5 adults, including 2 couples drown in Ohio river after jumping in to help struggling swimmer (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Five adults, including two couples died on a river in Ohio Sunday after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities announced Monday. The group had gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one of them went int…

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