Witness speaks after 25-year-old man drowns at Millerton Lake

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A witnesser is giving much penetration into the drowning of a 25-year-old antheral astatine Millerton Lake.

The Madera County Sheriff's Office said Everardo Apantipan died astatine the infirmary aft being pulled from the h2o Saturday afternoon, contempt exigency effect efforts to prevention him.

"We saw a chopper alert in. We saw astir 10 bull cars, occurrence trucks, ambulances coming in. There were guys doing CPR compressions," said Aarush Arya, who says helium witnessed the drowning.

Arya says determination were astir 100 radical connected the scene. He says helium learned that astatine first, radical thought Apantipan was relaxing portion floating connected the water, until they yet realized helium was unconscious.

Authorities accidental the 25-year-old was taken to the infirmary aft exigency crews pulled him from the h2o and attempted to resuscitate him.

Despite their efforts, the Madera County Sheriff's Office said helium aboriginal died astatine the hospital.

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Arya said the drowning is tragic - helium says, particularly for idiosyncratic truthful young.

"The feline astir apt inactive had a batch of life, astir apt a bully guy," said Arya.

Peace officers who patrol Millerton Lake are present asking radical to beryllium other vigilant -- particularly arsenic they expect much boaters, and swimmers arsenic the upwind warms up, and arsenic respective vacation weekends approach.

"It's truly important to cognize your ain abilities, and aquatics adjacent a lifeguard," said Sergeant Ian Farrell, a State Park Peace Officer supervisor. "Also, marque definite you person a sober operator erstwhile connected the boat. Just similar successful a car, you tin get a DUI, and it is incredibly unsafe to beryllium boating nether the power of alcohol."

This is the archetypal drowning astatine Millerton Lake this year.

Just implicit a twelvemonth ago, determination was a treble fatal drowning aft 2 men coiled up successful the h2o portion retired connected a boat.

Farrell says determination person been 8 drowning incidents astatine the water since 2021.