Man fishing with friends dies trying to get phone dropped in canal, US cops say

He dove into the canal after dropping a cellphone and ‘became submerged underwater for an extended period’, the sheriff’s department said. — Unsplash

A man fishing with friends died after diving into a canal to retrieve a dropped cellphone, California authorities said.

The man was fishing with two friends on a canal in North Shore in Riverside County on Tuesday, Jan 24, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.