Pennsylvania couple drowns in rip present while vacationing in Florida with kids

HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla.-- A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after they were captured in a rip current while swimming, authorities stated.

Brian Warter, 51, and 48-year-old Erica Wishard, and two of their mainly teenage children were captured in the current on Hutchinson Island, along Florida's southeast coast, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

" The kids were able to break the present and attempted to assist their moms and dads, however it became too hazardous and they were forced to swim ashore," private investigators said.

Martin County Ocean Rescue attempted life-saving procedures and took the couple to a local health center where they were pronounced dead, according to the sheriff's office.

A crisis intervention deputy is assisting the kids while other member of the family take a trip to fulfill them in Florida. The constable's workplace did not state where in Pennsylvania the household was from.

A rip current is a fast-moving column of water that flows far from the shore toward open water. Authorities say swimmers captured in one should stay calm and then swim parallel to the coast to leave the present.

Fire Rescue authorities stated there were warnings at the beach Thursday, indicating the possibility of hazardous browse conditions. The National Weather Service workplace in Melbourne cautioned on its website Friday of a "high danger" of rip currents all along the Atlantic coast, partly due to the fact that of greater ocean swells brought on by a low-pressure system near the Florida-Georgia state line, said meteorologist Megan Tollefsen.

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" A lot of individuals are residents, they understand rip tides. They understand what to do, what not to do," Martin County Chief Deputy John Budensiek told WPTV. "They understand where to get in the ocean and where not to. We get these vacationers that are available in and, regrettably, this ends badly for them. There's no way to get the message out to all of them."

Hutchinson Island is about 55 miles (88 kilometers) north of West Palm Beach.