Man dies during swim at Lake Tapps
TACOMA
Witnesses told fire and rescue officials that the man was trying to cross the swimming area at Lake Tapps North Park by a confidant on Monday afternoon when he slipped underneath the water.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says a sheriff’s department diver was onward scene and recovered the man within 10 minutes. But medics were unable to revive him.
The man was not immediately identified.
