Boy dies, brother missing in river in Yosemite
FRESNO, Calif. — Authorities were searching a stretch of the Merced River for a 6-year-old boy after his older brother died when a current swept them away during a family outing in Yosemite National Park.
The boy is presumed dead. Other hikers pulled the body of his 10-year-old brother about 150 yards downstream from where family members had waded into the river to cool off Wednesday.
Their mother was hospitalized with a back injury after being pulled from the river, park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said.
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