INDEPENDENCE TWP. — A 21-year-old Highland Township man drowned last Tuesday while swimming in Townsend Lake in Independence Township, police reported last week.
The man was swimming with a friend when he unexpectedly went underwater and did not resurface, police said.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team was dispatched to the incident approximately 1:40 p.m. on July 19.
According to police, divers located the man about 100 feet from the shore in 20 feet of water shortly after 2 p.m.
Paramedics from the Independence Township Fire Department performed life-saving measures and the man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Townsend Lake is east of Dixie Highway near the intersection of Waterford Road. — M.K.