Woman Identified In Drowning At Jenner Beach

SONOMA COUNTY, CA – A woman who drowned Friday at Goat Rock Beach on the Sonoma County coast was identified by the sheriff's office Saturday as 75-year-old Evelyn Moore of Cotati.

Moore drowned Friday afternoon in Jenner after she and another woman were pulled into the surf, Monte Rio Fire Protection District Chief Steve Baxman said. The other woman was able to get out of the water.

Firefighters with the Monte Rio Fire Protection District arrived just before 1 p.m. as a Sonoma Coast State Beach lifeguard was giving CPR to Moore after pulling her from the water, Baxman said.

The other woman was being comforted in a vehicle.

Cal Fire, an ambulance from the Bodega Bay Fire Department, a Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter and State Parks personnel responded to the incident, according to Baxman.

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