Abu Dhabi: A twenty-two-year-old Emirati national drowned in Los Angeles.
Hamad Mohammed bin Huwaimal Al-Amer, who was part of the Abu Dhabi Police General Command, was attending an English language course in Los Angeles.
He was swimming in the company of his Emirati colleagues and friends when he was carried away by strong water currents.
The civil defence units and paramedics managed to pull him out and attempted to rescue him but he had already died.