Fire Department personnel’s efforts to revive victim prove unsuccessful
Just before 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call about a drowning in the 9000 block of Blind Pass Road on Siesta Key, the agency reported.
Upon arrival, they found that Sarasota County Fire Department personnel were rendering aid to an adult male, the report said. The life-saving measures proved unsuccessful, however, the Sheriff’s Office noted.
The victim was not identified, and no narrative was included in the copy of the Sarasota County Fire Department report that The Sarasota News Leader received through a public records request.
The Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Section is investigating the incident, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Anyone with information about the incident is being encouraged to call the Criminal Investigations Section at 941-861-4900, the Sheriff’s Office added.
The alarm about the incident was recorded at 9:53 a.m. on Saturday, the Fire Department report notes. Fire Station 13, which is located on Siesta Key, and Fire Station 11, which stands on Stickney Point Road, both responded. The first unit arrived on the scene at 10:02 a.m., the report says. Along with fire engines and EMS vehicles, a unit with marine equipment was directed to respond to the scene.
The address listed in that report is 9230 Blind Pass Road, which fronts on the Gulf. The records maintained by Sarasota County Property Appraiser Bill Furst and his staff show the address is that of a single-family home that is owned by a revocable living trust. The four-story house has 6,284 square feet of living area, the record notes. The residence is not part of a subdivision.
The last Fire Department unit cleared the scene at 11:59 a.m., the report says.
Although the News Leader also requested a copy of the Sheriff’s Office report on the incident, the agency had not provided that prior to the deadline for publication of this issue.