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

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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.

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.

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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