Shakopee teen dies after going under at lake

June 30, 2012

Shakopee teen dies after going under at lake

Anonymous Associated Press Sat Jun 30, 2012, 02:47 PM CDT

SHAKOPEE — A Shakopee teen who was pulled from a local lake after reportedly being underwater for 30 minutes has died.

The Scott County sheriff's office says 17-year-old Jason Daquon Lewis was pronounced dead Saturday about 2:30 a.m.

Lewis had been fishing with others Friday afternoon at O'Dowd Lake. Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Swedin says the group decided to raft to a popular island that has a tree swing.

Swedin says Lewis got off the raft and began to swim to shore. A Minneapolis Star Tribune report (http://bit.ly/MJk18d ) says when he was 20 to 30 yards away he went underwater and didn't resurface.

Emergency rescuers found him and took him to a hospital in critical condition.

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