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Sheriff's deputies said the boy who drowned in the river Tuesday was a 14-year-old from Castro Valley.
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s
deputies confirmed the identity of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in the San Joaquin River
Tuesday afternoon as Danny Yanez Zambrano of Castro Valley.
Zambrano, who was wading nearly
halfway out in the river when the water level was low, went under at about 6:45
p.m. Sunday, according to sheriff’s spokesman Les Garcia. The teen did not know
how to swim.
On Monday, nearly 80 of his friends
and relatives tried to help search crews in boats and a helicopter find the
body, but the search was called off because of darkness.
More than 40 friends and relatives
returned to the scene Tuesday, said sheriff’s spokesman Dave Konecny, when the
body surfaced mid-afternoon near Homestead
Road, a few miles northeast of Tracy.
Zambrano was visiting an uncle in
the area, according to the sheriff’s report.
Swift currents and unseen dangers
underwater can make the seemingly benign river treacherous, and those taking to
the water are encouraged to always wear a lifejacket.
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