Teenager drowns while swimming with family, friends

T34 MD BPP, HANCOCK COUNTY, Maine - The Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a 16-year-old drowning victim Sunday afternoon.

The Warden Service got involved around 4 p.m. when they were called to the Deer Lake Campground in T34 MD BPP, where a 16-year-old boy had gone under while swimming with family members.

According to safety officials, the boy and his brother were swimming with their cousins and friends at the beach at the Deer Lake Campground, when the brother yelled to his aunt that he thought his 16-year-old brother was having a medical event. At about the same time, witnesses in the area saw the 16-year-old go under the water and never resurface.

Numerous family members and others entered the water in an attempt to recover the boy and were unsuccessful in locating him, as he was last seen going under water in an area with a steep drop off, according to a press release sent out on Sunday evening. The Maine Warden Service arrived and deployed a boat, and then later a Warden Service Diver who was able to recover the boy. He was located approximately 60 feet from shore in roughly seven feet of water.