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<\/a><\/p>\nWe are saddened by this tragic event and our hearts go out to the family and friends of Mr. Villena and Mr. Rozario. <\/p>\n
Earlier Updates are Below
\n**UPDATE**
\nDivers and SAR were able to recover the second drowned victim.
\nWe are saddened by this event and our hearts go to the victims\u2019 family and friends.
\nDetails related to the incident will be released at a later date. Thank you to everyone who provided comforting, thoughtful, and supportive comments.
\n**UPDATE**
\nAfter talking with witnesses and family members on scene, we have determined that two men have drowned. One victim has been recovered. (Search and Rescue) SAR and dive teams are working to recover the second man. We want to extend our sincere condolences to the victims\u2019 loved ones.
\n**UPDATE 8:55 pm**
\nDue to nightfall and visibility issues, Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office Search and Rescue and Dive Team have suspended search operations until tomorrow.
\n**UPDATE 6:30 pm**
\nA second victim has been recovered from the water and has unfortunately been pronounced deceased. Due to communication issues related to the remote location, a gender of the second victim has not been relayed.
\nDive teams and Search and Rescue is actively working to retrieve the third victim who is still in the water. The third victims condition is unknown at this time.
\n**HAPPENING NOW!**
\nOur office is actively responding to a reported drowning at Gods Bath swimming hole in the Tuolumne River Canyon.
\nWhen Fire, Medics, and Deputies arrived on scene, they were able to confirm three drowning victims.
\nOne victim, an unknown aged female, was retrieved from the water and pronounced deceased.
\nTwo other victims remain in the water, their conditions unknown.
\nTuolumne County SAR is responding for a swift water rescue along with the Tuolumne County Dive Team and a CHP Helicopter.
\nWe will update once more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deadwood, CA…The two men who tragically perished over the weekend have been identified as 25-year-old Rinoel Villena of Daly City and 20-year-old Benedict Rozario of Pittsburg. The two men were part of a larger group who visited Gods Bath. Mr. Villena, Mr. Rozario, and a third person jumped into the water. Due to the swift […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,1,25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-law-enforcement","category-news","category-obituaries","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185135897_3863935083725622_1905302031100400661_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}