This year, the Kern river has claimed more than 10 lives. The latest victim of the California pond became the child over the weekend drowned 11-year-old girl.
MIA Calderon of orange town disappeared on Friday during a family vacation in one of the campsites Sequoia National forest. Having gone to bathe, she never came back.
When the rapid current caught the girl, rushed to the aid grandpa, but he has failed to save her.
The search operation ended the next day when they discovered the body of a young drowned. It was located 150 m from the place where the girl had entered the water at a depth of about 2 m.
Rescuers warn that this year swimming in the Kern river is extremely dangerous due to high water levels and fast currents.
From the beginning of spring here drowned 14 people — number of deaths by one person less than the record level that was recorded in 1986.
