IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) A teenager's drowning death last year is prompting lawmakers in Iowa to consider making it a crime to fail to call emergency responders to report when someone appears to be.
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa legislators are considering a bill that would make it a crime not to call emergency responders to report someone who seems to be in serious danger.
The effort stems from the death of Noah Herring, a 15-year-old Tiffin resident who drowned in the Coralville Reservoir last April.
His family is hopeful the bill will pass, according to a statement provided to the Press-Citizen Tuesday.
The Johnson County Sheriff s Office said three teens and one adult were present when Herring drowned on April 7, but none placed a call to law enforcement to get help.
During initial interviews with the sheriff s office, the individuals didn t tell the authorities where to find Herring or what had happened, Sheriff Brad Kunkel told the Press-Citizen shortly after the investigation concluded.