Three friends drown in Sierra Nevada whirlpool while trying to save one another
LA TimesA group of friends from Utah was hiking through the canyons near the Seven Teacups Trail in Tulare County on Friday when one jumped into a seemingly innocuous pool of water. Minutes later three people were dead, having been caught in a whirlpool and drowning while trying to save one another. Led by David Bell, 48, the co-founder of the nonprofit Harrington Center for the Arts, 13 people had gone canyoneering — exploring a canyon by hiking, scrambling or rappelling — in the Sierra Nevada near Johnsondale, the organization said in a social media post. One member of the group, Jeannine Skinner, 34, jumped into the pool, but she didn’t return to the surface and appeared to be caught in an undercurrent, Bell’s sister, Summerisa Bell Stevens, told KSL-TV. The Tulare County Fire Department responded to a possible drowning around 5:20 p.m. Friday, and officials found three people dead at the scene, according to local media reports.
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