Police name man who drowned in Willamette River near West Linn
PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — West Linn police shared the name of the 31-year-old man who drowned at Willamette Park in West Linn Friday, July 5.
After notifying the next of kin, public information officer Bill Garland told the Tidings Monday, July 8 that the drowning victim was Alfredo Vicario Venancio Hernandez.
Body found floating near Ross Island Bridge Tuesday morning
Residents of the Portland Metro area flocked to waterways between July 4-7 as triple digit temperatures cooked the region in a heat wave that spanned much of the West Coast. Hernandez was likely the region’s first reported casualty of the heat wave, though on July 8 the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office reported four suspected heat-related deaths that occurred in the previous four days.
The Bernert Landing boat dock at Willamette Park was busy with recreators cooling off in the river Friday afternoon July 5, when Hernandez reportedly slipped under the water.
Search underway after teen ‘disappeared underwater’ in Willamette River
“Firefighters from TVF&R’s Water Rescue Team located at the nearby Willamette fire station arrived within minutes, and rescue swimmers began searching,” Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue shared in a press release July 5. “Despite deep, murky water, rescuers located an adult male, pulled him out of the water, and began resuscitation efforts. Sadly, he did not survive.”
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