Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff recovered a man’s body from John Martin Reservoir State Park in Bent County on Tuesday morning, the agency said in a news release.
State officials responded to a report of an abandoned truck and trailer near the reservoir’s west boat ramp around 10 a.m. and found what appeared to be a body floating in the water nearby.
Agency staff recovered the man’s body and searched the area with sonar to make sure there were no other bodies, CPW said in a news release.
The man’s identity and cause of death will be released by the Bent County Coroner’s Office. The man was not wearing a life jacket, according to CPW.
Colorado has seen at least 28 water-related deaths so far in 2024 and is on track to surpass the record high set in 2022, according to an unofficial tally from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
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