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Indiana Conservation Officers Investigate Double Drowning

Last updated on Monday, July 17, 2017

(ARGOS) - Indiana Conservation Officers were dispatched Sunday at approximately 2:30 p.m. to the area of 20th Road and Gumwood Road in reference to a possible drowning of a juvenile male in Redinger Ditch.

Upon arrival officers learned that two juvenile males, 13-year-old Mahlon Z. Martin and 12-year-old Kenneth Z. Martin were deceased.

Several juveniles were playing in the ditch when the accidental drowning occurred.

Agencies assisting at the scene: Marshall County Sheriff's Dept., Argos P.D., Argos Fire/EMS and Lutheran EMS from Rochester.

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