Montgomery Community Media

With summer in full swing, the pool is the place to be to cool off. It is important for residents, especially those caring for children to learn about water safety. Rockville 11 has the story. Visit our PEG partner Rockville11 to view more of its programming.

A young child is being treated at a local hospital after being pulled from the Connecticut Belair Club pool this morning in Silver Spring. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, rescue crews responded to the scene for a possible drowning about 11:15 a.m. He said a lifeguard intervened in helping to rescue […]

UPDATED A seven-year-old boy was transported to the hospital on Memorial Day after nearly drowning at a community pool in the 1600 block of Yale Place in Rockville, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that a bystander initiated CPR on the boy. Piringer […]

UPDATED. 8 a.m. July 25: A fund has been set up to help the parents of an 8-year-old girl who died suddenly after swimming at a Rockville pool on July 22. Stephanie Benitez from the 1700 block of Gunther Avenue in Rockville was pronounced dead July 22. An autopsy is being performed to determine why […]

Two children were rescued from local pools Monday about 1:30 p.m., according to Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. One boy, about six or seven years old, was pulled from the Kings View Community Pool at 18905 Kingsview Road by a camp counselor, Piringer said. The counselor administered CPR, reviving the boy, he said. No additional […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl on June 15 as a possible drowning. Police said the incident happened on Father’s Day at 2:49 p.m. at the community pool located at 2217 Georgian Way in the Glenmont area. When police and emergency medics arrived, the pool’s lifeguard was attempting life […]

UPDATED Divers have located the body of the missing swimmer at the Triadelphia Reservoir at 2800 Greenbridge Road in Brookeville and police have identified him as a Germantown man. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the missing 19-year-old was swimming with friends when he disappeared on June 4. According to Piringer, the man was […]

A teenage boy was transported to the hospital on May 26 after he nearly drowned in a pool at an apartment complex on Stewart Lane in White Oak, according to a fire and rescue official. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported the incident on his Twitter account. No other information about this […]

UPDATED Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division are investigating a drowning that occurred in the Potomac River around 8 p.m. on September 2. The victim, identified by police as Mark Moore, age 22, of Odenton, Maryland was located on September 5 at approximately 5:45 p.m. and was pronounced deceased at the […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a drowning that occurred at a community pool in the New Mark Commons area of Rockville last night. Officers from the 1st District and Rockville police along with fire rescue units were called to the pool in the 600 block of Tegner Way at approximately 11 p.m. on June 29. […]