ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — South Metro Fire Rescue crews recovered the body of an apparent drowning victim from the reservoir at Cherry Creek State Park Tuesday.
The incident occurred at the park swim beach around 5 p.m.
According to South Metro Fire Rescue, the victim was one of three adults riding in a small inflatable raft when it overturned, sending all three into the water.
One adult was rescued by a nearby paddle boarder. The second adult was able to swim to shore.
The third person, an adult man, was later recovered from the water deceased around 6:35 p.m., SMFR said.
Authorities said none of the adults on the raft were wearing life jackets.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is leading the death investigation.
The coroner’s office will release the identity of the deceased after next of kin have been notified.
This is the second death at Cherry Creek State Park this month and the third this season.
On July 3, a man paddleboarding on the reservoir died from an apparent drowning after falling into the water. He, too, was not wearing a life vest.
Last month, a child not wearing a life vest drowned on Cherry Creek Reservoir on June 6 after drifting into deeper water on a float.
The child was identified as 7-year-old Ariel Mauricio Banda. His body was recovered after a more than six-hour search of the water.
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