COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – Authorities in eastern Nebraska say a 19-year-old drowned while trying to help a friend who had fallen in the water at a lake north of Columbus.

The incident happened Sunday morning at Lake North/Lake Babcock waterway.

Searchers found the body of Nicholas Rodriguez at about 5 p.m. Sunday.

The Platte County Sheriff’s Department says witnesses were able to rescue the first person from the lake.