BURLINGTON, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy drowned when he fell off a pier while fishing with friends at a New Jersey lake.
The boy’s body was recovered Thursday night from Sylvan Lake in Burlington Township.
Investigators say he and another child had slipped into the water hours earlier, but the other child was able to get back to safety.
The name of the boy who died has not been released.
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