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Police ID man who died after being pulled from Iowa lake

ambulance-lightsCARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man who died at a hospital after being pulled from Carter Lake in western Iowa was a 19-year-old from Guatemala.

Firefighters responded to a call about the man just before 2 p.m. Saturday. They tried in vain to resuscitate him, and Carter Lake police say he was pronounced dead at a hospital in nearby Omaha, Nebraska.

Carter Lake Police Chief Shawn Kannedy says the man has been identified as Manuel Lorenzo-Cortez.

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