Two people drown at Oklahoma lake

Sun, July 23, 2017 — A sad story to report out of Caddo County.

KRMG has learned two people, ages 12 and 60, drowned on Saturday on Fort Cobb Lake, at Avery's Landing.  The incident happened around 6:39 p.m.

“Victim2 (12-year-old) was swimming in 3-to-4 feet of water, slipped off of a drop off into 7 feet of water, submerged under water and resurfaced one time,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.   “Victim1 swam out to Victim2, both Victim1 and Victim2 went under and did not resurface.”

Kam Sivilai and the child were both pronounced dead at the scene.