2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach, police say
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Posted July 6, 2024 4:48 am.
Last Updated July 6, 2024 5:56 am.
Two teenagers died while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, police said.
Police received an emergency call for a water rescue in the area of Stillwell Avenue and Boardwalk West at 8:10 p.m. Friday, the New York Police Department said in a statement.
Arriving officers were informed two females, aged 17 and 18, had gone into the water and disappared from view, police said.
Police from the department’s aviation, harbor, scuba units conducted a search. Divers eventually removed both the young women from the water, police said.
The swimmers were transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Coney Island where they were pronounced dead, according to police, who said the investigation continues.
Witnesses told WABC-TV that a rain storm began and most people at the beach took shelter, but the two young women went into the rough ocean water.
The Associated Press