Broward man, 22, dies after car ends up in Palm Beach canal

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A family is grieving the death of a 22-year-old man from Broward County on Monday after he died in a crash in Palm Beach County.

The man’s 2018 Mazda 6 plunged into a canal shortly before 3:50 a.m., after driving southbound on Parker Avenue, across from Howard Park, in West Palm Beach, police said.

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Police officers dived into the canal to get to the submerged Mazda 6, pull out the driver, and perform CPR, according to Mike Jachles, a spokesman for the West Palm Beach Police Department.

Fire Rescue personnel continued CPR on their way to Good Samaritan Medical Center where a doctor pronounced the man dead, according to Jachles.

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