3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state’s Atlantic coast

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama males who went for a night swim shortly after arriving at a Florida Panhandle seashore had been caught in a rip present and died, authorities say. It was the most recent in a rash of current deaths in Florida waters after a Pennsylvania couple drowned off the state’s southeast coast, authorities mentioned

The younger Alabama males had traveled to the Panama Metropolis Seashore space Friday night with a gaggle of mates and had simply checked into their rental and gone for a swim once they went into misery, the Bay County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in an up to date Fb submit on Saturday night.

“The three males had been caught in a rip presently shortly after coming into the water,” the submit mentioned.

The sheriff’s workplace had acquired the preliminary emergency name in regards to the distressed swimmers shortly after 8 p.m., officers mentioned. The U.S. Coast Guard and others started rescue efforts. The lads had been discovered individually and finally pronounced lifeless at space hospitals, authorities mentioned.

The sheriff’s workplace recognized the three as Birmingham, Alabama, residents Harold Denzel Hunter, 25, Jemonda Ray, 24, and Marius Richardson, 24. Earlier this week, single crimson flags had been posted on the seashore, indicating high-hazard surf and rip present situations.

On Thursday, a Pennsylvania couple visiting Florida with their six kids drowned after they had been caught in a rip present whereas swimming.

Brian Warter, 51, and 48-year-old Erica Wishard, and two of their largely teenage kids had been caught within the present on Hutchinson Island, alongside Florida’s southeast coast, the Martin County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a Fb submit. It added that the 2 kids had been capable of break away of the present and tried to assist their mother and father however had been pressured to swim ashore when situations turned too harmful.

Martin County Ocean Rescue tried life-saving measures and took the couple to a neighborhood hospital, the place they had been pronounced lifeless, based on the sheriff’s workplace.