How Did Dawn Therese Brancheau Die
BY IGONK, FEBRUARY 16, 2026
Webdespite workers rushing to help, the trainer was killed. Horrified visitors who had stuck around after a noontime show watched the animal charge through the pool. Webthe county medical examiner ruled brancheau most likely died from multiple traumatic injuries and drowning after one of the park's killer whales pulled her.
Webthe whale took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing (her) around, she told the.