FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified a 14-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend in a Florida City lake as Marcus L. Sanders.

According to authorities, deputies responded to a lake in the area of Southwest 336th Street and Southwest 192nd Avenue at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday after several teenagers reported that a teenage boy had gone into the lake and didn’t come back up.

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

Rescue crews performed life-saving efforts before 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, first responders said.

Deputies said a second 14-year-old boy went underwater and didn’t resurface.

He was later found by MDFR divers and was airlifted to the trauma center at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, officials said.

Deputies confirmed that the boy remained in critical condition on Monday. His name has not been released.

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