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A 17-year-old has been found dead after a Jet Ski accident Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies say 17-year-old Jose Torres and his passenger, 15-year-old Mekhi Guillaume, were riding the watercraft on Lake Clinch in Frostproof when Torres took an abrupt turn. Both teens were thrown into the water.
Guillaume, who was wearing a lifejacket, was able to swim back to the Jet Ski, but he could not find Torres, according to the sheriff's office. Torres was reportedly not wearing a lifejacket.
The 15-year-old immediately alerted people nearby to call 911, prompting the sheriff's office, the Frostproof Fire Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to respond around 8:20 p.m.
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