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78-year-old man found unresponsive in water at Rocky Neck State Park dies

Rocky Neck lifeguards performed CPR on-scene before the man was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

EAST LYME, Conn. — A 78-year-old man has died after being found unresponsive in the water at Rock Neck State Park, East Lyme on Sunday afternoon. 

At around 1 p.m., the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the report of an unresponsive man in the water. 

Rocky Neck lifeguards performed CPR on-scene before the man was transported by ambulance to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London where he was pronounced dead, according to DEEP. 

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Officials identified the man as Le Minh, 78, of Hartford.

It is not clear whether or not the man drowned. 

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