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Boy, 8, dies on field trip to Twin Cities metro beach

Authorities say an 8-year-old boy died after drowning during a field trip to a Twin Cities area beach on Thursday. 

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened at Baker Park Beach in Maple Plain, Minnesota. 

The child was on a supervised field trip. A teacher discovered the child in about three feet of water and called 911. 

First responders at the scene performed CPR and took the child to a hospital in Robbinsdale.

Authorities say the child died Friday night.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident. 

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