The body of a teenager was recovered from Lake Pueblo State Park on Tuesday, marking the sixth person to die at the reservoir since May, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Wildlife officers and a diver with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a possible drowning at Lake Pueblo just before noon on Tuesday, according to a news release from the state wildlife agency.

Witnesses told investigators that a man without a life jacket went under in 23-foot-deep water about 200 feet from shore on the east end of the lake, near the dam, the news release stated.

Lake Pueblo State Park staff were on shore within two minutes of the notification, and two Colorado Parks and Wildlife boat crews were searching the reservoir by the 15-minute mark, officials said.

The victim

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