Teenage boy dead after crashing his watercraft on Lake Havasu, deputies say
A 17-year-old boy from California was found floating dead at Lake Havasu, the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said.
The unidentified teenager was riding a personal watercraft when he was involved in a crash on June 28, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to reports of a person wearing a life jacket, floating face down in the water and found not breathing upon discovery by others on the lake.
Bystanders attempted to perform CPR on the teen, but he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Police learned the teen's family members were on the shore of the lake and lost sight of the boy while he was riding the watercraft by himself.
"Evidence suggests that this was a single vessel crash," the Sheriff's Office said.
It was not immediately clear what led up to the crash or what caused the boy's death, but the incident remained under investigation, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Less than a month before, the Sheriff's Office dealt with a chaotic Memorial Day weekend.
Two separate boat fires happened on back-to-back days, along with two boat sinkings, at Lake Havasu.
A boat crashed the same day on the Colorado River near the sandbar, with multiple people injured, the Sheriff's Office said. Lake Havasu is a large reservoir formed by the Parker Dam on the Colorado River. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was investigating the incident.
Contact reporter Rey Covarrubias Jr. at rcovarrubias@gannett.com. Follow him on Instagram, X, Threads and Bluesky: @ReyCJrAZ.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 17-year-old boy killed in watercraft crash at Lake Havasu
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