A 24-year-old man drowned while swimming in Lake Erie in Leamington Monday afternoon.
The Ontario Provincial Police were called to the scene around 2:25 p.m. Police say the man was swimming with friends when he failed to resurface.
The man was pulled from the water by civilian bystanders and life-saving measures were initiated.
Paramedics arrived and continued life-saving measures. He was taken to the hospital and later died.