Teen Surfer Collapses, Dies in Newport Beach
A teenager out for a day of surfing in Newport Beach on Tuesday collapsed on the sand and later died, officials said.
Darren Michael Bolton, 17, of Highland was surfing at the Wedge when he left the water, walked onto the sand and collapsed in front of a friend, said Donna Boston, emergency services coordinator for the Newport Beach Fire Department.
The incident occurred about 6 p.m. Lifeguards performed CPR on the boy and tried other life-saving measures. Bolton was pronounced dead at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach at 6:53 p.m.
Bolton was the second teen to die on local beaches Tuesday. Several miles up the coast, 14-year-old Chanan Remington of Brawley collapsed and later died as she was finishing a two-mile run along the shore of Huntington Beach.
Remington was on her second day of training in a 10-week junior lifeguard program when she fell face first into the shallow surf about 100 yards east of the Huntington Beach Pier. Deputy supervising coroner Rod Thomas said an autopsy was performed on the two teenagers Wednesday. Over the next two months, toxicology and others tests will be performed.
Thomas said it did not appear that Remington had any medical problems. Bolton apparently had complained earlier of stomach problems and may have suffered a head injury this month, he added.
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