OHP: Man taken to hospital in critical condition after near drowning at Lake Thunderbird
According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old man from Oklahoma City was swimming at the Little Axe Campgrounds when he started to struggled and asked for help.
According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old man from Oklahoma City was swimming at the Little Axe Campgrounds when he started to struggled and asked for help.
According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old man from Oklahoma City was swimming at the Little Axe Campgrounds when he started to struggled and asked for help.
Authorities say a man was taken to a hospital after a near drowning Monday afternoon at Lake Thunderbird.
According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old man from Oklahoma City was swimming at the Little Axe Campgrounds when he started to struggled and asked for help.
A bystander pulled him to shore, where CPR was started until park rangers and EMS arrived. He was taken to Norman Regional Hospital in critical condition.
Crews have responded to multiple drownings during the Labor Day holiday weekend throughout Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a 70-year-old man drowned at Fort Gibson Lake and a 41-year-old woman drowned at Lake Texoma on Friday.
Troopers have urged people to stay careful while at Oklahoma lakes during Labor Day.
"It's all about safety, and most of the things we are required to have are worst-case scenarios safety type of equipment," Trooper Ryan Griffith said. "Those types of equipment are those things we need to make sure we have in the worst-case scenario because it could be life or death."
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