https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/mum-five-drowned-unimaginable-walsall-33972121
There are some odd things about this story.
Lots of stories lately of people drowning in canals but they seem to avoid the obvious question which is, why didn’t they just stand up? And the channel depth of canals includes the silt layer which covers the actual bottom, which can make canals a few inches shallower in places. There’s a myth that silt deepens canals, when it does the opposite.
Canals in the UK are still water, and do not have currents.
This story has been all over Facebook lately in the UK. Many people have commented asking why she didn’t just stand up, and that question got a lot of likes, but no actual answers.
Intoxication, hit her head when she fell, or some sort of medical event?
https://www.12onyourside.com/story/15275723/sunni-shallow-drowning/
Drowning in shallow waters is extremely common, more than you’d expect. Panic probably plays a large role in it.
Yea, I don’t know how you drown in one, they’re very shallow. So shallow canal boats have a draft of 2-3 ft and still often have to stick to the center to avoid grounding or dragging along the bottom.
So yea, something in this story doesn’t add up.