Rockford Teen Dies After Being Pulled From Lake Louise

BYRON, IL — A Rockford teenager who was pulled from Lake Louise Monday has died, WREX reports according to the Winnebago County Coroner's Office. Officials have identified the teen as 16-year-old Luis Campo, who the coroner's office says died from drowning at 9:10 p.m. Monday, WREX reports.

According to a release by Ogle County Sheriff officials, witnesses reported seeing the teen go underwater and not resurface after he entered a "No Swimming" area, as attempted to retrieve a beach ball that had floated away.

Ogle County Sheriff officials report several people along with on-duty lifeguards and first responders searched the area and pulled the teen from the water and brought him to shore 10 minutes later, where CPR was performed. He was then rushed to Swedish American Hospital.

The Ogle County Sheriff's Office says the investigation is ongoing.

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Original report

The beach area is closed at Lake Louise after a teenage boy was pulled out of the water in Byron Monday afternoon. WREX reports the boy is suffering life threatening injuries as officials believe he was underwater for five minutes before being pulled out by rescue crews from what Byron Fire says was a restricted area. The news report says the incident happened just after 1 p.m. as people were in the water looking for a person who had gone under water and not come back up.

Emergency responders located and pulled the teen from the water before immediately performing CPR and taking him to a local hospital.

WREX says officials are still investigating how the boy, who was at the lake with his family, got under the water for that long.

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The news report adds that the campground area is still open.

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