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A child is in hospital in life-threatening condition after a reported drowning at Mahogany Beach on Sunday evening.
According to EMS-Alberta paramedics reports came in about a “youth that had gone missing in the water” at the Mahogany Beach main area around 7:20 p.m.
Battalion Chief Scott Cowan with Calgary Fire Department says they responded to the call as well.
“Our crews arrived, talked to witnesses and found the last scene point of where the person had gone under the water. Our aquatics team entered the water, dove down. It’s quite deep,” says Cowan.
Cowan says Mahogany Lake is about 23 feet deep and that “visibility is very limited there.”
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“They used equipment to get down to the bottom of the lake, found the child, brought them up and transferred care to EMS,” says Cowan who says the child was at the bottom of the lake.
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EMS-Alberta paramedics tells Global News that “once the CFD water rescue team found the patient,” they transported the child to the South Health Campus in critical life-threatening condition.
Signs outside the beach say that there are no lifeguards on duty at Mahogany Beach and to use it at your own risk.
In a social media post, the Mahogany Homeowners Association says “due to an incident this Sunday evening, our main beach will be closed until Tuesday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m.”
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A Facebook post from the Mahogany HOA.
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Last August, two men in their 20s died after drowning in Mahogany Lake. A petition was started days later in hopes of mandating the presence of lifeguards and trained first aid responders at all recreational water sites.
