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Swimmer Drowns At Joe Pool Lake

/ CBS Texas

GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) - A Desoto resident drowned at Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie Saturday.

Grand Prairie police said it happened at the swim beach on the Cedar Hill side of the lake. Witnesses told police the victim swam after a flotation device for a family member. Unfortunately, the victim wasn't wearing a life jacket. He slipped beneath the water surface and wasn't seen alive again.

His body was recovered from the lake a couple hours after he went under.

This is the first drowning at Joe Pool Lake in 2014.

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