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Second Drowning Confirmed Near Bridgeport

Posted: Jun. 8, 2023 10:35 AM PDT

A second drowning has been confirmed in the South Yuba River this season. Nevada County Sheriff’s Department Senior Administrative Analyst, Leslie Williams, says the body of 20-year-old Alonso Ramos has been recovered near Bridgeport, about one-mile downstream from where he was reportedly last seen on Sunday afternoon…

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Williams says that prompted a major air and ground search that day…

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But the body was found Wednesday afternoon.Williams says Ramos and other family members and friends have been frequent visitors to the Bridgeport area. The previous drowning occurred in April, when flows were even higher and colder. The victim was a 17-year-old youth, also from out of the area, from the state of Washington.

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