Twin toddlers drown in Arizona canal after mother lets go of stroller to swat bee

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two 18-month-old twin boys drowned in a canal in western Arizona after their mother stopped to swat a bee and their stroller fell into the fast-moving waters, police said on Tuesday.

The boys were strapped into the stroller as Alexis Keslar pushed it along the canal bank on Friday and paused briefly to "fend off a bee," said Lieutenant Don Willits of the Yuma Police Department.

The mother jumped in to try to save them, Willits said in a statement, but was thwarted by deep water and a strong current that swept the stroller away.

Keslar was able to climb out of the steep-sided canal and call for help, and the twins, named Silas and Eli Keslar, were found after more than an hour of searching, police said.



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