Sunday Night Drowning Victim Dies

42 year old Sonia Westmoreland died Wednesday.

She’d been in critical condition at Bay Medical Center since Sunday night.

Panama City Beach Police say Westmoreland trying to help some of her family members out of the water behind the Driftwood Lounge off of Front Beach Road.

They all made it out safely.

Then someone noticed Westmoreland floating face down in the water. Beach Fire and Rescue performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took over.

Red Flags were flying at the time Westmoreland got into trouble.

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Autopsy Set for Woman Pulled from Gulf off Fla.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Panhandle police say an Alabama woman has died days after helping her daughter and her daughter's friends escape a rip current in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sonia Westmoreland of Hartselle, Ala., died Wednesday.

Police tell The News Herald that the 42-year-old was pulled from the waters off Panama City Beach around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and taken to a hospital.

Witnesses said Westmoreland had gone into the water to help her daughter and her daughter's friends after they caught in a rip current.

The girl and her friends returned to shore safely.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

------ Information from: The News Herald, http://www.newsherald.com

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