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Both victims were traveling in their boat on the Colorado River, north of Lake Havasu City, when a woman fell in the river while trying to retrieve a personal item.
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have identified one of two people who drowned in the Colorado River as a 75-year-old California man. The sheriff's office in Mohave County, Arizona, said Friday that divers are continuing their search for the body of a woman who also drowned Thursday.
The community is asked to avoid the Topock Gorge area during the search.
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County authorities say two people drowned Thursday on the Colorado River north of Lake Havasu City. One person on board a boat fell into the water near Topock Gorge while trying to to retrieve a personal item and a second person then went in the water to help the first, a Sheriff's Office statement said.
The woman reached over the edge of a boat when she fell into the water. The man tried to help her but drowned, officials said.