A person discovered submerged in the Colorado River in Blythe was pulled out by a Riverside County Sheriff’s Office deputy Wednesday and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Deputies from Arizona’s La Paz County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by personnel from the Colorado River Sheriff’s Station, responded to the 50200 block of Ehrenberg Poston Highway in Ehrenberg, Arizona, to conduct a search, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Other personnel from the Sheriff’s Interdiction K9 Unit and Blythe Police Department arrived at the location to join in the search. According to sheriff’s officials, a deputy managed to utilize a civilian’s watercraft to begin searching the river for the person, who was located just north of the Interstate 10 bridge on the California side of the river.
The deputy then grabbed hold of the person and immediately began performing life-saving measures until the arrival of medical first responders, who stabilized the person and airlifted them to a hospital in critical condition.
Anyone with boating-related inquiries regarding the incident were encouraged to call Marine Enforcement Unit Supervisor Sergeant Berryman at 760-921-7900.