Post last updated at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, July 13:
First responders have found the body of a 23-year-old man whose friends saw him struggling in the water as he was swimming in Clinton Lake Saturday evening.
“According to preliminary information, the man and his friends about 5 p.m. were in the area, which was recommended to be closed to swimmers due to flooding, before he went missing,” according to a news release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Update:
• Clinton Lake drowning victim was 23-year-old Topeka man, July 15, 2024
The DGSO Underwater Search and Recovery team was still at the scene off of Bloomington Beach as of 7 p.m., according to the initial news release. As of an update at 8:39 p.m. Saturday, the team had recovered the man’s body.
“The Sheriff’s Office offers condolences to the man’s family and friends,” the update stated.
The entire beach was flooded Saturday, a reporter at the scene observed.
The sheriff’s office did not provide the man’s identity.
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