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42-year-old man identified as Lake Pleasant drowning victim

The sheriff's office said the man and his 5-year-old cousin both had to be pulled from the water Sunday afternoon. The child has been released from the hospital.

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A man has died after being pulled from Lake Pleasant, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said the 42-year-old Ignacio Quintero Jr. and his 5-year-old cousin both had to be pulled from the water Sunday afternoon.

The child was initially unresponsive after he was taken out of the water at Fireman's Cove. CPR was administered and the child is awake and breathing, but the man was pronounced dead after being pulled from the water, according to the sheriff's office.

Quintero could not be resuscitated on the shore and died at the scene.

Neither Quintero nor the child were not wearing flotation devices at the time of the incident, officials said.

MCSO said the child has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.

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