Authorities release bodycam video from Ryan Mallett’s death revealing conditions on day of ‘tragic’ drowning

Legislation enforcement in Florida launched bodycam footage on Wednesday exhibiting the circumstances of a seaside in Destin the place former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett tragically died in a drowning accident only a day earlier.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office posted the video to Fb with extra particulars surrounding Mallett’s dying, together with details about the water circumstances.

Within the video, a deputy could be seen operating alongside the seaside in a determined try to achieve one other officer, who’s already on the scene watching on as first responders try to rescue Mallett from the water.

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“I feel they’ve acquired him on the board now,” one of many deputies could be heard saying.

In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, seaside circumstances on the time of Mallett’s dying confirmed “no indications of any ‘riptides.’”

“The current occasion in Destin yesterday, the tragic lack of life – it’s all the time tough once we lose a vacationer or resident right here, however we’ve got no indication of any harmful circumstances on the market, your complete Okaloosa County, in addition to Destin,” Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Adams mentioned in a video assertion.

New England Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett, #15, makes a go within the first quarter in opposition to the Washington Redskins throughout a preseason NFL recreation at FedExField on Aug. 7, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photos)

“We’re not below crimson flags or double crimson flags, regardless of a number of the missed perceptions on the market. We have been below a yellow flag, which is only a swim with warning [advisory].”

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“It simply appears to be only a tragic accident and never one thing to do with the circumstances of the surf or tides or present.”

In accordance with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Workplace, first responders have been referred to as to a seaside close to Gulf Shores Drive in Destin round 2:15 p.m. after a person, later recognized as Mallett, was pulled out from the water and was “not respiratory.”

Investigators consider the previous New England Patriots quarterback was struggling within the water whereas trying to swim to a sandbar about 150 toes offshore.

Regardless of the efforts of first responders, Mallett was later pronounced useless at a close-by hospital.

Ryan Mallett, #15 of the New England Patriots, warms up earlier than NFL recreation motion in opposition to the Buffalo Payments at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sept. 8, 2013 in Orchard Park, New York. (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Photos)

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Whereas water circumstances on Tuesday allowed beachgoers to swim, the realm has seen quite a few reported deaths and rescues in current weeks.

A police report from earlier this week revealed seven individuals have died at nearby Panama City Beach this year, and all of the deaths came about in June. The dying toll is the very best of any U.S. seaside for 2023, in keeping with knowledge tracked by the Nationwide Climate Service.

Destin Seaside Security mentioned there have been no drownings in Destin between June 14 and June 25, however there have been 48 individuals rescued. It was famous that the seaside additionally noticed greater than 200,000 guests throughout the identical timeframe.

Fox Information’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.