MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — First responders recovered a swimmer who drowned in the Howard Duckett watershed on the Patuxent River, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
Rescuers started looking for the swimmer around 12 p.m. Tuesday between the Triadelphia Reservoir and Rocky Gorge reservoir. The swimmer was found around 2:30 p.m.
The area this swimmer went missing has a sign that tells people not to swim, according to officials.
No further information has been reported at this time about the swimmer.
Multiple agencies did help with the recovery.
Both Montgomery County and National Park Service officials have warned swimmers for weeks that they need to be careful around waterways in the greater D.C. area, including the Potomac River and Patuxent River.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging parents and guardians to be aware of drowning amid the coronavirus, with many communities across the county looking to access waterways during the summer.
AAP says that parents are multitasking more these days due to the pandemic, and that can lead to distractions, and can lead to an increase of preventable childhood injuries to increase.
