29 August,2016 08:26 AM IST | | Agencies
In a tragic incident in the US, a selfless mother died while saving her two-year-old son from drowning after he fell into a lake as she held the child above water long enough for him to be rescued
Los Angeles: In a tragic incident in the US, a selfless mother died while saving her two-year-old son from drowning after he fell into a lake as she held the child above water long enough for him to be rescued.
Chelsey Russel with her children
Chelsey Russell, a 33-year-old woman from Lakewood, Colorado, drowned in Hall's Crossing area of Lake Powell, Utah, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
Russell was on a houseboat last week with others when her two-year-old son went overboard, and she jumped into the water to help him. Neither of the two was wearing life jackets. Police stated that a "significant distance" developed between the pair and the boat before the vessel could be brought to a stop.
A family member untied a smaller boat from the houseboat and made it to the mother and child before they went completely under the water. Russell was able to hold her son above water long enough for him to be rescued.
"The conscious child was rescued from atop the mother's chest, however; the mother was unconscious when pulled from the water," a statement read. CPR was attempted, and she was taken to Crossing Marina, where she was pronounced dead.
