College student, 21, drowns while swimming with friends in Kansas river
A 21-year-old man drowned Saturday while swimming with friends in the Neosho River in southeast Kansas.
The man was an international college student from Fiji and was attending Neosho County Community College. His identity was not released as officials are working to notify his family, the Neosho County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday in a social media post.
Deputies from the Neosho County Sheriff’s Office responded at 6 p.m. to a drowning call east of Chanute. They learned that the student had been swimming in the Neosho River with friends.
“Witnesses stated the man jumped off of the dam and became caught in the current and drowned,” the sheriff’s office said.
His body was recovered and an autopsy is being done. The Chanute Fire Department and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks assisted.
Chanute is a city of just over 8,500 a little less than two hours east of Wichita.
This story was originally published August 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM.