Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
New Mexico State Police officers are investigating a teen’s drowning at Ute Lake in Logan.
According to a news release, state police were sent at 9:53 a.m. Monday to Ute Lake for a 17-year-old boy who had gone into the water and not resurfaced.
The state police dive team spent the day searching, suspended the search as darkness approached and resumed it at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
About 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the boy was found and was pronounced dead by the Office of the Medical Investigator. Because he was younger than 18, state police stated they will not release his name.
Logan Police Chief Rodney Paris said the deceased boy was not a local resident.
It was the second drowning at Ute Lake in a month. In early August, a man from Guymon, Oklahoma, died trying to rescue his 11-year-old son struggling in the waters. A good Samaritan rescued the boy.