Body of missing swimmer recovered from Lake Pueblo State Park

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The body of a missing swimmer has been recovered from Lake Pueblo Monday night.

According to emergency crews on scene, a teenaged boy's body was pulled from the water sometime before 8:30 p.m. on June 6.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife first reported the swimmer was missing that same day just after 6 p.m.

Attn News Media: @LakePuebloSP has launched a search for a missing swimmer in the lake. No other details are available at this time. SE Region PIO Bill Vogrin is en route to the scene. Media should stage at West Fishing Road to get a view of search and rescue operations. pic.twitter.com/yTysy2kdn2

— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) June 7, 2022

This is the third person to die in the lake in a little over a week.

A married couple died at Lake Pueblo on Sunday, May 29 when their boat overturned.

11 other individuals on that boat were sent to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia.