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SALT LAKE CITY — A 37-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday after a near drowning at Willow Pond Park in Murray. Emergency crews were also dispatched to a near drowning at Utah Lake.
In Murray, witnesses told emergency crews the man was racing a remote-controlled boat when it got stuck. He went to get it out and began calling for help, they said.
The man was pulled from the water and given CPR, a representative from Murray Fire Department said. He was under water for up to 5 minutes, the fire official said.
The man was transported by ambulance to Intermountain Medical Center. His name was not released and his condition was unknown Saturday evening.
Also Saturday afternoon, emergency crews were sent to Pelican Bay Marina in Saratoga Springs to aid in a reported possible drowning.
Utah County sheriff's deputy Dennis Harris said emergency workers soon learned a 31-year-old suffered some sort of heart problem, causing him to fall off his wake board and into Utah Lake.
The man wasn't in the water more than a minute, Harris said. After friends pulled him out, he was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in a Life Flight helicopter.
The man, whose name wasn't released, was in critical condition, Harris said.
