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21-year-old man dead after drowning in Montreal pool at 3:30 a.m.

The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson. pch

A 21-year-old man is dead after drowning in a public pool in Anjou early Monday morning.

Montreal police received a call just before 3:30 a.m. regarding a potential drowning at Roger-Rousseau Park on Châteauneuf Boulevard and Rondeau Avenue.

According to police, two men in their 20s jumped the fence of the pool to go swimming. The 21-year-old victim was found at the bottom of the pool unconscious, police say.

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Police pulled him out and performed CPR before rushing him to the hospital where he died.

No other details have been made available.

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