Overview
- Witnesses found an unconscious man in the Arizona Canal near 29th Avenue and Dunlap Road and pulled him from the water before emergency crews arrived.
- Phoenix Fire Department personnel immediately began life-saving measures at the scene and transported the man to a local hospital in extremely critical condition.
- A Phoenix Police Department spokesperson later said the man is expected to survive after initial emergency treatment.
- The Phoenix Police Department has taken over the investigation and officials have not yet determined how long the man was underwater or how he ended up in the canal.
- The incident follows a separate, ongoing police inquiry into a June 4 body recovery from a Biltmore-area pond and highlights recurring rescues and deaths in Phoenix’s canal and pond system.