Eglin airman, two others drown in Destin

Authorities say two swimmers and a kayaker drowned off Panhandle beaches over the Easter weekend.

The Destin Fire Control District says 39-year-old Joseph Jones from Riverdale, Ga., died Friday after going into the water off Destin to help others caught in a rip current. The others survived.

Airman First Class Josh Roussell, assigned to the 46th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, drowned later Friday after being caught in a rip current also off Destin while tossing a football back and forth in waist-deep water with his brother-in-law.

Authorities say red flags warning beach goers to stay out of the water because of the rip currents flew throughout the weekend.

Fourteen-year-old Trevor Mills of Panama City Beach died Sunday night following a kayaking accident in the Gulf of Mexico.