SteelClip49
7/14/2008, 12:58 PM
From the Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon.....
UO football player dies in river incident
Monday, July 14, 2008
A University of Oregon football player. Todd Doxey, died Sunday night after jumping into the McKenzie River from the Marcola Road Bridge.
Doxey, a San Diego native, jumped from the Marcola Road bridge around 3:20 p.m. and began swimming across the current toward a boat ramp. However, witnesses said he began struggling and had difficulty keeping his head above water, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
A fisherman in a drift boat pulled Doxey from the water a few minutes later, took him to a gravel bar below the boat ramp and began administering CPR, Lane County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Deputy Paul Vitus said.
Springfield Fire and Life Safety rescuers brought Doxey to the boat ramp, where an ambulance took him to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. He was listed in critical condition initially, sheriff’s Sgt. Cliff Harrold said. Doxey was transferred to Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he died at 8:05 p.m., he said.
Read more in Monday’s Register-Guard
obviously this is sad and you gotta feel for the family but why jump off a bridge into a river???
Also, and I am not making fun of him, but it would only take a matter of a few posts before it came up....but I thought Ducks were used to the water and obviously Fowl play is not suspected either. Ok, I'm done. Prayers to the family and program...especially with the season nearing.
UO football player dies in river incident
Monday, July 14, 2008
A University of Oregon football player. Todd Doxey, died Sunday night after jumping into the McKenzie River from the Marcola Road Bridge.
Doxey, a San Diego native, jumped from the Marcola Road bridge around 3:20 p.m. and began swimming across the current toward a boat ramp. However, witnesses said he began struggling and had difficulty keeping his head above water, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
A fisherman in a drift boat pulled Doxey from the water a few minutes later, took him to a gravel bar below the boat ramp and began administering CPR, Lane County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Deputy Paul Vitus said.
Springfield Fire and Life Safety rescuers brought Doxey to the boat ramp, where an ambulance took him to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. He was listed in critical condition initially, sheriff’s Sgt. Cliff Harrold said. Doxey was transferred to Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he died at 8:05 p.m., he said.
Read more in Monday’s Register-Guard
obviously this is sad and you gotta feel for the family but why jump off a bridge into a river???
Also, and I am not making fun of him, but it would only take a matter of a few posts before it came up....but I thought Ducks were used to the water and obviously Fowl play is not suspected either. Ok, I'm done. Prayers to the family and program...especially with the season nearing.