Swimming, fishing banned at Treasure Island Park in Troy

“In my opinion it is very dangerous to swim in that area, especially where the docks are,” Simmons said.

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The no swimming signs along with no fishing also approved by the board likely will be in place within the week, as soon as the sign shop can do them, said Patrick Titterington, city service and safety director. The park opened in 2016 along the Great Miami River.

A 13-year old Troy girl drowned in the harbor dock area in July 2017.

Another incident occurred Sunday afternoon when paramedics were called to the boat dock area. A preliminary police report said the juvenile “nearly drowned in the boat launch area. The female has been resuscitated upon my arrival and was transported to (Upper Valley Medical Center) for further evaluation.”

Titterington said more than 70 incidents of all kinds had been reported at Treasure Island.

“We definitely want to promote recreation on the river, said Don Pemberton, a Troy Fire Department platoon leader, however, it must be done safely.

“Some of the concerns that we’ve actually seen is the kids have been swimming over here unsupervised without any type of safety devices in place and there’s actually been a drowning last year and a near drowning here ... we want t try to prevent any incidents from happening here in the future.”

Phelps said police patrol the area and know there is a lot of activity in the dock area.

“It has become a magnet for a lot of activity and a lot of it is unsupervised,” he said.

Titterington said the city including its law director had been talking with the Miami Valley Risk Management Association, the city insurance pool, about options.

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Last year, the advice was to do nothing different but another look was requested because of the incidents and “growing concern due to the activity,” Titterington said.

MVRMA was contacted again Monday after the Sunday incident and the revised recommendation made.

The penalty for ignoring the ban could be a criminal trespassing charge, a misdemeanor, with possible maximum $250 fine and 30 days in jail.

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