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A 60-year-old man, Ken Ganteaume of Maloney Gardens, D’Abadie, drowned at Balandra Beach on Wednesday.

Police officers from the Toco Police Station responded around 12:19 p.m. after receiving a report that Ganteaume had been brought to the Toco Health Facility.

According to the man who brought him in, the deceased had gone to the beach to bathe. Both men had been drinking, and Ganteaume reportedly got into difficulty in the water. His friend pulled him out and transported him to the health facility.