Another swimmer has died at Lake Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. — A second swimmer has died at Lake Pueblo State Park in the course of two days, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reporting.

On Tuesday, CPW reported a call for a missing swimmer at Lake Pueblo State Park at 4:38 p.m.

CPW Rangers launched search and rescue efforts. A body was found just after 6 p.m. in 25 feet of water.

Witnesses told CPW Rangers that a man was in an inflatable about 300 feet offshore, and he jumped into the water, fearing his daughter was in distress. The man disappeared under the water and did not resurface. The incident is under investigation.

The recovered remains were turned over to the Pueblo County Coroner to identify and determine the cause of death.

This is the second swimmer who has died at Lake Pueblo in two days, after 16-year-old David Marez died Monday while swimming at Fish Hook Cove in Lake Pueblo.

Another body was also recovered on Tuesday in Fremont County, where a rafter went missing on Monday.

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