Another Man Has Drowned Trying To Save Kids In MN

DULUTH, MN — A 31-year-old man has drowned in Minnesota after trying to save two young children at a river in Duluth Wednesday. It's the second time this week that a man died while trying to save children who were struggling in the water.

Authorities found the body of Kevin Ingles, 31, was "after an extensive search and rescue effort."

Just before 2 p.m., two children — ages 5 and 8 — began struggling in the St. Louis River near the Boy Scout Landing. Bystanders rescued both children.

However — Ingles, of Superior, Wisconsin — went below the surface during the rescue efforts the children and did not resurface.

At 5:20 p.m., Ingles' body was recovered.

The incident was one in a series of drownings that have occurred in Minnesota during June's record heatwave:

• A 12-year-old boy died Tuesday after he was pulled from a closed Minneapolis pool Friday, authorities said.
• A 9-year-old boy died in an apparent drowning at a city pool in North Mankato Saturday.
• A man drowned in a Bloomington hotel pool Saturday.
• A man died after trying to rescue his children from a lake in Fridley Sunday.