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9-year-old boy drowns in Lake Elsinore

By FOX 11 Digital Team
Updated  June 26, 2022 7:05pm PDT
Lake Elsinore
FOX 11

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Rescue crews searching for boy drowning in Lake Elsinore

Crews are working to find a 9-year-old boy who was drowning in Lake Elsinore Sunday morning. A dive team and helicopter continue the search.

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - A nine-year-old boy has died after drowning in Lake Elsinore Sunday, according to officials.

Riverside County search and rescue crews were on the scene Sunday after receiving calls for a drowning child around 10:30 a.m. According to officials, the 9-year-old boy was swimming with his family, and his family noted that he was having trouble swimming before going underwater. 

RCSD deployed a helicopter and dive team to try and locate the drowning boy. After hours of searching, officials found the boy's body just after 2:30 p.m.

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No other information was immediately available.

Lake Elsinore