Park Board to decide whether to put lifeguards back for drum circles
Vancouver pulled lifeguards from Third Beach during drum circle nights after someone nearly drowned last month.
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Vancouver pulled lifeguards from Third Beach during drum circle nights after someone nearly drowned last month.
Lifeguards on Third Beach will now end their shift early on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Vancouver Park Board general manager Donnie Rosa says those wishing to swim after that time can go to Second Beach where lifeguards will stay out until 8:30 p.m.
The Vancouver Park Board said lifeguards ended their shift at Third Beach early on July 26 for their own safety.
Lifeguards have stopped patrolling a Vancouver beach on Tuesday nights because the crowd at a weekly drum circle has become unmanageable and unsafe, according to the park board.
A boat had to be towed to shore in Vancouver Saturday and seven people aboard were taken to the hospital, according to first responders.