Officials Investigate Drownings of 2 Men
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Authorities Friday night were investigating two drownings that took place earlier in the day on opposite ends of Ventura County.
One drowning occurred at Lake Piru and the other took place at a popular surfing spot near the Ventura Harbor.
At 4:02 p.m., 26-year-old Jack Kedafin of Glendale drowned in the Pacific Ocean off Surfer’s Knoll on Spinnaker Drive in Ventura. Paramedics tried to revive him using cardiopulmonary resuscitation, authorities said.
A five-hour search ended when the body of a man was pulled from Lake Piru by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department dive team about 6 p.m., authorities said.
The man whose name was not released was reported missing just before 1 p.m.
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