Low head dam in Codorus Creek where 11-year-old drowned could be removed
After an 11-year-old drowned while swimming near a low head dam, officials are renewing their focus on dam safety and how a dam could exist without any record of it.
Author: Harri Leigh (FOX43)
Updated: 10:29 PM EDT April 1, 2021
SPRING GROVE, Pa. — After an 11-year-old boy drowned while swimming near a low head dam in York County, officials are renewing their focus on dam safety and how a dam could exist without any record of it being there.
The 11-year-old was swimming with a friend in Cordorus Creek in Jackson Township on March 25, according to the York County Coroner’s report. The boy was swept under the water of a low head dam. He was found unresponsive on the bank and died despite resuscitation measures.