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Riverside sheriff's dive team searches Lake Perris for drowning victims

LAKE PERRIS (CNS) - A search was underway Thursday for two drowning victims at Lake Perris.

The drownings were reported shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday near Alessandro Island, according to California State Parks.


Rangers said that two men were in the boating zone, aboard a tube, when one toppled into the water and couldn't stay afloat, prompting his friend to go in after him. Both reportedly disappeared underwater.

Riverside County Fire Department personnel went to the location at the request of rangers, but when no victims were spotted on the surface of the water Wednesday, crews cleared the scene.

"California Department of Parks and Recreation requested the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff's Dive Team," according to a sheriff's statement.

Nearly a dozen personnel deployed to the lake Thursday to scour the reservoir, which is roughly three miles long and two miles wide. It's about 85 feet deep at its midpoint.

The identities of the victims were unconfirmed.

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