A 34-year-old man is dead after authorities said he dove off a 40-foot high embankment into a shallow portion of a lake over the weekend.
According to the Gladewater Police Department, police and fire crews responded Saturday to Gladewater Lake for a report of an unresponsive male. The lake is about 120 miles southeast of Dallas near the Texas/Louisiana state line.
Arriving medical responders found the man and attempted to perform life-saving measures, but were unable to revive him, police reported.
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Dove headfirst into four feet of water
Witnesses at the scene, who pulled the man from the water, told first responders he dove headfirst from the high embankment into a pool of water about four-feet deep with a rocky bottom.
“The initial investigation revealed that alcohol may have been a contributing factor in this unfortunate incident,” police said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and his next of kin was contacted.
Police have not released the victim’s name.
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