Teen dead, another critical after two separate lake incidents in Florida City

FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — A teenager is dead and another is in critical condition after two separate water incidents in Florida City Monday night, officials said.

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Officers responded around 7:15 p.m. to Southwest 336th Street and Southwest 192nd Avenue after several teenagers reported that a boy had gone into a lake and didn’t come back up.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue joined the search, and a diver later found the teen underwater and unresponsive.

Rescue crews performed life-saving efforts, and the boy was taken to Homestead Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.

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While crews were still working that scene, another group of teenagers across the lake also went into the water. A second 14-year-old boy went under and didn’t resurface.

He was later found by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue divers and airlifted to Kendall Regional Trauma Center in critical condition, officials said.

Both incidents are currently under investigation by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

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