The victims were part of a group that had gathered at the Scioto River to "enjoy themselves on a summer night," authorities said.

According to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, the tragedy unfolded Sunday night along the Scioto River at the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, about 10 miles northwest of Columbus, Ohio.

The group is believed to have been fishing at the river, when at some point one of the adults went in to go swimming and started to struggle. Five people are dead after several adults entered a river ...

Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. The group had gathered Sunday along the ...

Five people drowned in the Scioto River in Powell, Ohio, after others jumped in to rescue a struggling swimmer, the Delaware County Sheriff says.

Five people are dead after trying to save a struggling swimmer in an Ohio river. The Associated Press reports the group gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one ...

Five people died after entering an Ohio river to rescue a swimmer who was struggling in the water. Authorities said the tragedy unfolded when multiple people jumped into the river one after another in ...

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) – Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. The group had ...