Wave kills two in Southern Oregon

PORT ORFORD, Ore. 𔃉 A wave swept three people into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two and injuring one, the authorities said.

Pamela Flynn, 72, and Thomas Flynn, 44, were pronounced dead on Agate Beach, and Brian Flynn, 42, was treated for hypothermia at a local hospital, said Lt. Dennis Dinsmore of the Curry County Sheriff's Office. They were all from Slagle, Idaho.

Deputies said the Flynns were walking on Agate Beach in Port Orford just after 2 p.m. when the wave swept them into the surf.

Rescue crews, responding to a 9-1-1 call, pulled Pamela and Brian Flynn from the ocean. A fishing boat in the area spotted Thomas Flynn about a half-mile offshore. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter dropped a rescue swimmer into the ocean to retrieve him.

The helicopter airlifted Flynn to the beach, but medics couldn't revive him, the Coast Guard said.