Man dies after drowning in San Joaquin River near Kerman, deputies say

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral has died aft drowning successful the San Joaquin River adjacent the metropolis of Kerman.

Calls came successful astir 12:30 p.m. Friday astir a antheral successful his 20s who was pulled from the h2o astatine Skaggs Bridge Park successful Kerman.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office says the unfortunate was successful the stream but did not cognize however to swim. He was not wearing a beingness jacket.

Deputies accidental helium was wading done knee-high h2o erstwhile helium fell into a deeper conception of the stream bed.

They accidental it took him 2 to 3 minutes to resurface and friends tried to help.

He was recovered unconscious by archetypal responders and pronounced dormant conscionable astatine 1 p.m.

Deputies are urging radical to beryllium harmless successful waterways particularly arsenic much families question alleviation from precocious heat.