2 brothers drown under chute of dam

WATSON, Minn. (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy drowned after he tried to ride the middle chute of a dam like a water slide, and his older brother died trying to save him.
Brandon Dornbusch, 12, became trapped Monday in the hydraulics of the water below the small spillway, a narrow channel that carries water from the Chippewa River beneath a road bridge, authorities said.
"It looks like something you'd see in a water park, but it isn't. Not anywhere near that. It's deadly," said deputy Tim Christensen of Chippewa County in southwestern Minnesota.
Brandon's older brother, Justin, 14, tried to help, first using a fishing pole but then following his brother down the same, smooth-looking chute. He, too, was caught in the powerful waters.
Their 11-year-old stepsister, Chelsea, pedaled her mother's bicycle nearly a mile to town to summon help. Rescuers later found the boys' bodies downstream.
Mona Dornbusch, the boys' stepmother, said they had gone to the dam to fish and that she had warned them to stay on shore. She said the boys had been each other's protectors.
"They weren't done with their lives yet," she said, fighting back tears.