WAXAHACHIE, Texas - A 21-year-old man died over the weekend while trying to save a teenage girl at Lake Waxahachie.
Waxahachie police said it happened just before 1 p.m. Saturday in a part of the lake near Boat Dock Park.
Witnesses said the girl was part of a large church group from Garland. The victim saw her in distress and tried to rescue her. He drowned in the process.
A boater was eventually able to pull the girl out of the water. She was revived with CPR and taken to the hospital for treatment.
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The victim’s body was later recovered from the lake.
His name has not yet been released to the public.