Person found submerged in pond at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in south Iowa City

Posted by Admin August 15, 2024 Golf

A person was found dead in a pond at the Pleasant Valley Golf Course on Wednesday.

A caller contacted the Joint Emergency Communication Center at 1:39 p.m. on Aug. 14 to report a drowning at a pond at the south Iowa City golf course, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook.

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Authorities say person was trapped underwater

First responders, including the Hills Fire Department, the Johnson County Ambulance Service, and Johnson County Emergency Management, arrived on the scene shortly after the call and discovered the person was “fully submerged” in the pond, trapped under maintenance equipment.

First responders pulled the person out of the water where medical personnel pronounced them dead on scene.

The sheriff’s office release said the person had been in the water for an “unknown amount of time.”

Authorities had not identified the deceased person as of Thursday morning.

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The sheriff’s office is investigating the circumstances that may have led to the incident.

This is the third drowning in Johnson County this summer. A 20-year-old Iowa City man and a 34-year-old Cedar Rapids man were each found dead in Lake Macbride.

Ryan Hansen covers local government and crime for the Press-Citizen. He can be reached at rhansen@press-citizen.com or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @ryanhansen01.