By Associated Press - Friday, June 22, 2018

WATERTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Police say a man who was pulled from a lake in Connecticut has died.

Officials say they received a call of a missing swimmer at Sylvan Lake in Watertown around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Crews pulled the man out of the water and performed CPR before he was transported to Waterbury Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Police have identified the man as 23-year-old Isaiah Anderson.

Authorities say Sylvan Lake Park has a designated swimming area, but it has not opened yet for the season. Police say the man was outside of that area, where it is posted “no swimming.”

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