POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 52-year-old Frostproof man drowned in Lake Clinch on Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said Pierre Plourde was at the lake in Frostproof with his family when he noticed his boat that was parked on shore started to float out into the lake.

“He ran down, got into the lake and was swimming to the boat when he went under,” Sheriff Grady Judd said.

Sheriff Grady Judd provides a final update from Lake Clinch in Frostproof, where 52-year old Pierre Richard Plourde of Frostproof drowned earlier today. https://t.co/OPQ7I2a7yj pic.twitter.com/jshj49mQ7C — Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd (@PolkCoSheriff) September 14, 2025

According to the release, a friend tried to rescue Plourde without success, at which t

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