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Posted: 4:08 p.m. Thursday, June 21, 2012

Teen dies after going underwater at Lake Tapps



LAKE TAPPS, Washington —

A 16-year-old boy died Thursday after going underwater for several minutes at Lake Tapps, the Bonney Lake Police Department said.

The teen received CPR at the scene and was "alive and breathing" when he was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma, Lt. Kurt Alfano told KIRO 7's Kevin McCarty, but he passed away later in the day. Officials said he was underwater for four to five minutes.

The Sumner School District said he was a member of the football team at Bonney Lake High School.

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