Deceased/Not Found CA - Kyle Doan, 5, washed away in washed out road at flooded San Marcos creek, SLO County, 9 Jan 2023

MAY 11, 2023
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Brian Doan has worked with volunteer K9 teams from out of state which specialize in locating bodies. The K9s alerted to a scent in an area of San Marcos Creek, but Doan feels they have not adequately excavated the area.

Doan says, “We need the sheriff’s department to give us more support for our efforts.”

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Brian Doan works as a substitute teacher in the Paso Robles Unified School District.

Lindsy taught at Lillian Larson Elementary School in San Miguel, but has been out on disability since the fatal drowning of her son.

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JUL 8, 2023
About 330 search and rescue volunteers from all over California came together Saturday to continue the search for Kyle Doan.

After dozens of search efforts, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office continued ground search efforts in the Salinas River over a six-mile radius in San Miguel.

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...They will continue their search Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

UPDATE: the search for missing 5-year-old Kyle Doan. Today’s search has concluded. At this time the search did not locate Kyle or provide us with evidence of his location. Search teams will resume systematically searching in the morning.
 
It’s been nearly nine months since five-year-old Kyle Doan was swept away by floodwaters during the January storms. His parents, Brian and Lindsy Doan, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday.

The Doans' complaint requests damages for negligence, dangerous condition of public property, strict liability: failure to warn, wrongful death, survival action, and bystander recovery of emotional distress.

On Jan. 9, 2023, Lindsy and Kyle were on their way to school in San Miguel when their SUV was allegedly carried away by floodwaters.

According to the wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Paso Robles, the County of San Luis Obispo, and Caltrans, “Lindsy pulled Kyle out with one hand while holding the tree with the other hand. The flowing water was carrying mud and debris which overextended Lindsy’s arm, breaking her grip of Kyle. Kyle was swept away by raging floodwaters.”

During an interview with KSBY News on May 5, 2023, Brian Doan said, “Our son is still missing, and the agencies and people in responsible positions haven't been following through with their rhetoric... It just seems like he's just our son, just gets pushed off the grid."

On Friday, Brian Doan confirmed with KSBY News that his family has taken legal action.

“The lawsuit is on them [defendants],” Doan said.

The lawsuit reads, “As a direct and proximate result of defendants’ negligence, a breach of duty and failure to take steps to either make the risky conditions safe or warn drivers of the dangerous conditions, all caused, Kyle to be swept away by raging floodwaters at the crossing of San Marcos Road and Wellsona Road. Although his body has not yet been located, Kyle is tragically presumed deceased.”

 
It’s been nearly nine months since five-year-old Kyle Doan was swept away by floodwaters during the January storms. His parents, Brian and Lindsy Doan, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday.

The Doans' complaint requests damages for negligence, dangerous condition of public property, strict liability: failure to warn, wrongful death, survival action, and bystander recovery of emotional distress.

On Jan. 9, 2023, Lindsy and Kyle were on their way to school in San Miguel when their SUV was allegedly carried away by floodwaters.

According to the wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Paso Robles, the County of San Luis Obispo, and Caltrans, “Lindsy pulled Kyle out with one hand while holding the tree with the other hand. The flowing water was carrying mud and debris which overextended Lindsy’s arm, breaking her grip of Kyle. Kyle was swept away by raging floodwaters.”

During an interview with KSBY News on May 5, 2023, Brian Doan said, “Our son is still missing, and the agencies and people in responsible positions haven't been following through with their rhetoric... It just seems like he's just our son, just gets pushed off the grid."

On Friday, Brian Doan confirmed with KSBY News that his family has taken legal action.

“The lawsuit is on them [defendants],” Doan said.

The lawsuit reads, “As a direct and proximate result of defendants’ negligence, a breach of duty and failure to take steps to either make the risky conditions safe or warn drivers of the dangerous conditions, all caused, Kyle to be swept away by raging floodwaters at the crossing of San Marcos Road and Wellsona Road. Although his body has not yet been located, Kyle is tragically presumed deceased.”

so heartbreaking... they have had no updates too.
 

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