Police investigate drowning at Rocky Neck State Park

Victim was 19 years old
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EAST LYME, Conn. (WTIC Radio)_ Connecticut's Environmental Police identify the 19-year-old who drowned at Rocky Neck State Park late Saturday night.

The victim is identified as Dante Robinson, 19, of Montville, from a group home.

He disappeared underwater for several minutes before he was pulled from the water by a fellow group home member, police said.

He was taken to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

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A Good Samaritan attempted CPR, police said.

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