A Walnut Creek man vacationing along the Russian River with friends died at a hospital Friday night after being rescued from the Russian River where he had been swimming.
Ricardo Alejandro Martinez-Auza, 27, died at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital at 9:17 p.m., according to Sonoma County coroner?s reports.
Emergency crews were called at about 4:15 p.m. Friday to the river in Guerneville off of Drake Road for a possible drowning, sheriff?s Lt. Sandy Geaslin said Monday.
The man was at the river with friends when he tried to swim across. He disappeared before reaching the other side, Geaslin said.
His friends pulled him out and started CPR. Arriving emergency crews continued the CPR and his pulse and breathing returned.
He was flown to the hospital but died hours later while in the intensive care unit.
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